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Icebreaker of knowledge 2025
About the competition
Icebreaker of Knowledge is an international competition offering winners a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join an expedition to the North Pole and explore Russia's nuclear technologies
Participants
Students aged 14 to 16 from 20 countries around the world
Timeline
28 April – 8 June
The competition takes place in three stages
1 August – 2 September
North Pole expedition (10 days in duration)
* Application deadline: 27 may
LIST OF
PARTICIPATING
COUNTRIES
Armenia
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bolivia
Brazil
China
Egypt
Ghana
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Myanmar
Namibia
South Africa
Türkiye
Uzbekistan
Viet Nam
Want to go on
an expedition to the
top of the world?
28.04 - 27.05
Stage 1:
quiz
Put your knowledge to the test by answering 30 questions
Open to all participants
16.05 - 27.05
Stage 2:
webinars
Learn from expert-led lectures and fill out the summary
Open to all participants, who have completed Stage 1
29.05 - 08.06
Stage 3:
video presentation
Create a compelling video presentation answering a question
Open to the top 10 participants from each country, based on the results of Stages 1 and 2
June
Winners announced
1 representative from each country
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