ANTARTICA (polar environment)

jeeeeez, its freeeezing!
i'm like freezing my little toes off. i flew over and as i got out of the plane i could feel the coldest. and it was like having shivers up my spine continuesly. When i arrived, i saw of my frtiends Lorelai and Rory Gilmore at the Log Cabbin thing that we were staying at. it was good catching up with them. I didn't think i would see anyone!
Once we had all arrived, we went and had a coffee and told each other about our trips and where we had been. We all went to a little boat thing and saw cute little penguins :) we also learnt about Antartica and its history. When we got back i left Rory and Lorelai and i went and had dinner at a little cafe near the cabbin i was staying at. I was exhausted. i could have past out while eating, i ate quickly and went back to the cabbin and i was straight asleeep. The next day i went on a little tour type thing around and saw some penguins, my leader was telling us about all the different types of penguins.

Here is what i learnt about the penguins and about Antartica while i was on the boat:
Antarctica facts:
- Antarctica is the best place in the world to find meteorites. Dark meteorites show up against the white expanse of ice and snow and don't get covered by vegetation. In some places, the way the ice flows concentrates meteorites there. The ice makes them gather in one place.
- A domestic deep freeze runs at about -20°C. The mean summer temperature on the great East Antarctica icecap is -30°C and mean winter temperature around -60°C. That's a lot colder than your freezer!
- The Antarctic ice cap has 29 million cubic kilometres of ice. This is 90% of all the ice on the planet and between 60 and 70 % of all of the world's fresh water.

Penguin facts:
- The name is derived from Welsh terms ‘pen’, meaning head and ‘gwyn’, meaning white.
- Penguins hunt for fish, squid or shrimp like krill in the oceans to fill their stomach.
- Most penguins can swim about 15 miles per hour.
- Penguins can be endangered by oil spills, water pollution, and the over harvesting

I learnt many other things that i may share with you all ater on :)