Friday, 7 March 2014

It's frrrrrrreezing down there!

NLucy's parent's friends came to speak to LC9 and LC10 about their experiences from working down in Antarctica.  It takes 5-8 hours to travel from Chch to Antarctica or in a boat from South America it takes 4 days!

Antarctica has only 2 seasons it's either Summer time for 6 months of the year or Winter for the other 6 months of the year.  The temperature in Summer can reach 10oC however in Winter the temperature drops down to -40oC but windchill can bring the temperature to a chilling -60oC!! And we thought our swimming pool was cold!



Here are some facts LC 10 now know about Antarctica.

Now we know that there are no polar bears there because they will eat the penguins.
By Leila and Sophie

Antarctica is a very cold place it has no polar bears we do not know why . It can get to negative  60 that is really cold.  We have our own NZ base down there and Lucy's mum and dads friends go down there. 
By Liam and Jax 

Antarctica gets to 9 degrees and that is pretty cold
By Jennifer and James

There's polar bears in Antarctica 
From Hunter

It is very cold in winter
It is handy for skiing
From Thomas and Brody

Here are some of our questions for Carey and Dave

From Dallas
What is the hottest temperature?

When does it get up to negative sixty degrees?.
From sam


























6 comments:

  1. You are all very lucky to have had such a visit.

    4B

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  2. We have been learning about Antarctica too. We have been reading Ice Trap about the explorer Shackleton's journey to Antartica.

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  3. Ernest Shackleton travelled to Antarctica during the onset of WW1. He travelled there on board a ship called the Endurance. He travelled with 27 men and 69 dogs.

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  4. Unfortunately, the Endurance was trapped in pack ice and sank. Ernest Shackleton and his crew were stranded in Antarctica.

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  5. Wildlife in Antarctica consists of penguins, seals, killer whales, birds and krill.

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  6. Very cool wildlife in Antarctica of killer whales, seals
    and penguins
    too.

    By Sophie

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