Welcome Geographers. Keep your eyes peeled here for more information about your Antarctic projects. If you want to contact me in Antarctica you can just leave a message on the ‘Pupil Page’ or in the ‘Got a Question’ section. Just put your first name or initials in and you don’t need an email address. Hopefully this will help you find out everything you ever wanted to know about Antarctica and what it’s really like. Good luck with those projects!
Miss Daniels has set a special challenge for you. Because Antarctica is specially protected we need to carry out all the waste that we make in the four weeks that we are there. And I mean ALL the waste. Food wrappers, fuel, food scraps, broken equipment, human waste…. We can’t leave behind a single trace that we were there. Your challenge is to decide how many wheelie bins this waste would fill. Six people, four weeks, camping in Antarctica. Write your best guess for the number of wheelie bins we would fill in the box below. Write your first name and the first initial of your surname. There will be a great prize for the winner!
October 25th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
154
Danielle x
October 25th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
i think about 16?????
Not to shore??
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:34 am
900000000000000000000000000000000
000000000000000000000000000000000
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November 6th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Hi miss
Where are you in antartica? and are there many people living there?
Thanx
Jake
November 7th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
45
Jake didn’t even answer your question. What a dumbo!
Frances I
November 7th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Some good guesses here! Frances, don’t be too rude about Jake! Jake, I’m going to be flying into Patriot Hills. It’s about 80 degrees south- about 700 miles from the South Pole. There are about 4000 scientists there in the summer and about 1000 in the summer time (I think!). Nobody lives there permanently. It’s too cold.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
About 56
November 15th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
hi miss,
hope its good. i just wondered how many layers of cloths you have to wear in the day and at night?
thanks
byeeeeeeee byeeeeeeeee
November 15th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Fireworkz are still goin off n it ages from bonfire night!
I guess about 49 wheely bins…!
probly rong but it depends how much u eat..
lol
courtney.x
November 17th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Hi James! It depends how cold it is and what we are doing as to what I wear. At night I just tend to wear one layer, my thermals plus a hat and neck gaiter. I also wear my down booties. During the day if we are pulling a sledge I wear 3 layers. Thermals, fleece and windsuit. If I get really cold I slap on my down jacket and down salopettes. They are lovely and warm. We’ve been down to -60 degrees C and been ok!
November 18th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
hiya miss
i think about 9 bins
How cold is it there ?
from jemma (form)
November 18th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
id say about
34?
Good luck x
November 20th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
hiyaa i think its aboutt 10582390.
x
November 21st, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Hi miss
i think 9 bins
how cold has it been there
from jemma(8h2)
November 22nd, 2007 at 12:18 pm
erm about 46 nd fran is bein realy
nasty lol i didnt no it was a comp
November 22nd, 2007 at 9:46 pm
about 50 bins and hi miss u rock plz come back soon bye bye.
November 25th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Thanks Will! I’m hoping I will be back soon too. It’s getting pretty cold over here. I don’t know how these lichens manage to survive.
November 25th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Hi Jemma, Good guess! It is very cold here. Our average temperature is about -15 degrees C. Although sometimes it gets much colder. It has been down to -60 degrees with windchill added in. Brrr…
November 26th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
seeing the effects of human activity in antarctica what do you think should be done there in the future?
November 26th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Helloooo..
I think about 50 weely bins…
How cold does it get at night…
see u soon..
from
asha x.x
November 26th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
heyyaaa
i think bout 43 bins…
hopefully__x
what are you eating out there..??
shafaye__x
November 28th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Hi miss
i think about..49 bins
have you seen any penguins?
from
Hannah
x
December 1st, 2007 at 6:02 pm
23
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Hi Miss
have you seen any penguins?
if so how many?
i think about 49 wheelie bins..
hope your having fun!
From Hannahh
(year
December 2nd, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Hi Lydia. Where we are the human activity is very limited. At the moment we are 7 days hike from the nearest people. At the basecamp we started at they do everything they can to limit their effect on the environment. For example they fly out all the rubbish and human waste (although flying isn’t that environmentally friendly). I think that this question is very difficult. I think people have a right to visit Antarctica as it is so amazing. Perhaps tourism will help to keep it safe from people trying to mine resources. However, I think they need to be careful to manage the tourism as well as possible to limit the impact. Antarctica is such a special place I personally think we need to do all we can to protect it and to keep it as pristine as possible.
December 2nd, 2007 at 2:35 pm
HI Asha. Great to hear from you! Good guess too. I don’t want to give too much away though! The night isn’t too different from the day as we get 24 hour sunlight. If you leave the tent at 2am, to go to the toilet for example, it looks like it could be the middle of the day. Our tent has gone down to -13 degrees at night. But usually it is about -1 in our tent at night.
December 2nd, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Hi Shafaye. Another good guess. I wonder who will be closest to the truth! We are eating lots of chocolate (3 bars a day. We are also eating cereal (about half a bag of Alpen every morning), cereal bars, peanuts, haribo, cup-a-soups, and for dinner a meal that you just need to add hot water too. I’m getting a little fed up of the diet to be honest. There is only so much chocolate you can take!
December 2nd, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Hi Hannah. These guesses are quite close together! I might have to start looking at half bins…. No penguins except in Chile. We are too far from the coast here.
December 5th, 2007 at 11:01 am
HI Hannah. Good guess on the wheelie bins. I took a look at our rubbish sledge the other day and our poo sledge. I’m going to give everyone a little hint. There may not be as much as you are expecting! I am having fun but it is very hard sometimes. No penguins yet, except in Chile, as we are too far from the coast. Lots of lichens though. Which is good for me because that is what I am looking for out here!
December 5th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
i think it’ll be about 10 bins
have fun sufering dr rogers!!!
lol
December 5th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
i think it’ll be about 10 wheelie bins full.
dr rogers have fun sufering!!!!!
lol
December 5th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Am i allowed to change my answer please!
I think about 12-13 bins…
Just finishing my project finally!
Cyahh in January x
December 6th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Hi miss
hope is not too cold
I guess 40 wheelie bins.
Beth P 8h1
December 7th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Hope your having fun Miss
I think about 8
December 10th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
That’s closer than some guesses I’ve seen! I’m suffering plenty thanks Ellen.
December 10th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Hi Courtney. Hmmm.. I’ll have to let your Geography teachers decide whether you can have two guesses. Well done on finishing your project! Looking forward to seeing you all in January.
December 10th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Hi Beth. It is very cold but I think I am getting more used to it now. It is about 1 degree in the tent at the moment and I don’t have my gloves or hat on and I feel quite warm.
December 13th, 2007 at 11:31 am
heyya miss,
i think about 45 wheelie bins, and what is the climate like there cant wait to see you
KARA
8S2
December 14th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Thanks E.G.S.T! I am having fun but it is getting a bit difficult now as we are stuck here waiting for a plane to be able to get in.
December 17th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Hi Kara. Really good to hear from you. The climate varies massively between the polar region (which is a cold desert) and the coastal areas (that are warmer and wetter). Where we are the temperatures have been about -15 degrees during the day. It’s felt a lot colder though because of the wind. We’ve had quite a lot of snow – about 35cm in the last few days. See you soon.
December 18th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Hey miss
I think around 48 wheelie bins?
Just a random guess
Hope your having a great time
And its not too cold!
Aria , 8S3
xxxx
January 13th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
23 wheel bins
January 13th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
23 bins
soz about the delay