MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 Merry Christmas from Rothera! Hope you are all having a wonderful time :)

World Antarctica day - talking to school children!

Last week we spoke to over 200 children across the UK to mark world Antarctica day.

From the BAS facebook page: ''Children aged 7-9 yrs old from Selborne Primary School in Hampshire enjoyed speaking to marine biologist Sarah Reed at our Rothera Research Station. And here they are all dressed up for speaking to Sarah as part of their 'extreme survival' module''

Throughout my time here I have been connecting with various different schools; here is a video John Law the meteorologist and I made for a school he was in contact with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4EaRXC1g5g&feature=youtu.be



Kat Morgan my childhood friend is a teacher at a school in England, her class sent me lots of questions to answer! This is the letter I sent them.

 

Kat has also made a funny 3D model of me for her school board!

 

Last year I spoke to Sue Hamilton Peach and her school in Southampton  - this is the board she made about science in Antarctica, they also sent me lots of questions which I answered by letter!



We are having a tough time at Rothera this season, Antarctica is not playing nicely! There are currently no sea ice operations as the sea ice is rotting and too unsafe to work on, thus preventing us from completing our dive and boat work. The sea ice has not been around Rothera Point for this long since 2005. Hopefully the sea ice will break up soon so that we can go boating again! So we were all really happy to speak to children across the UK for world Antarctica last week to get up our spirits and motivation again. It was truly inspiring for us to hear how excited the children were and to answer all the questions that they came up with! If anyone would like to get in contact with researchers or base workers here at Rothera let me know.