Comments on: Fun Facts

By: katie

katie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:48:23 +0000

hello i think that antarctica is a wicked place and i would love to live there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: dr rogers

dr rogers — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:34:59 +0000

Love that one Courtney and so did the other teachers. It cheered us up after
a very long hard day. Tell Mr Blankley it would be good to get some more
jokes!

By: Courtney..x(8h2)

Courtney..x(8h2) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:15:22 +0000

Hmm…I really dont no any facts about antartica but mr blankley said we could put a joke so here goes…
Where do penguins go to dance?
At the snow ball…haha
What do penguins like to eat?
Ice Burg-ers-tht 1 aint tht funny
What do you call a penguin in a desert?
Lost! -shafaye told me that one in class

ok im done..lol

By: Frances

Frances — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:12:11 +0000

Do you know why sometimes ice is blue in Antarctica? It’s because some of the ice is about 2 miles thick, so lots of ice gets squashed together. This causes oxygen in the ice to escape so now no sunlight can get through. This makes it look blue!! I’m so clever…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:28:31 +0000

i was amazed to find out that there are no polar bears in Antarctica, and mum also told me that there is a c in Antar’c'tica, cause me and my friends always say ‘Antartica’

Damian Kimon

By: Danielle from Nuneaton

Danielle from Nuneaton — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:10:29 +0000

About 98% of the terrain is made up of ice and the other 2% is rock. And Also The coldest temperature ever recorded was in Antarctica on July 21, 1983 when it reached -129 degrees Fahrenheit!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:08:05 +0000

If Antarctica’s ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 – 210ft) – everywhere.

By: Wouter from Chile

Wouter from Chile — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:19:35 +0000

I was really amazed to find out that Antarctica is the most dryest continent on earth. Only about 2 inches of snow falls there every year! Its very dry!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:14:35 +0000

My father took part in a Himalayan expedition in 1960 which was led by Professor John Stevenson, who was the first Australian man to reach the South Pole with Vivian Fuchs in 1958. He drove a dog team to map a safe route ahead which the snow cats could follow. When they reached the South Pole there was an American base there called ‘Little America’. The Americans wanted to know whether the tents were for the dogs. (They weren’t!) The American base was beneath the ice with all kinds of luxuries; John told Dad that he had watched more films at the South Pole than in all the rest of his life! He was the second man after Amundsen to drive a dog team to the South Pole!

By: dr rogers

dr rogers — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:05:11 +0000

Great to have the first fact from Australia Allison!