This term in Hur 1 (Nga tangata literacy) we have been learning about antartica. Today we were tasked to read one of the texts and asked to answer the questions on the site, here are my answers.
The text 'Science on the ice' was written by Neil Silverwood.
They were going to Scott base (NZs base in antartica).
His job was to photograph antartica, ECW stand for Extreme cold weather and they are jackets made for extreme cold weather.
The purpose of his trip is to document the set up for a science project.
The reason that the data the scientists are collecting is so important is because it estimates how bad global warming is allowing them to figure out how to reduce it.
The way they find a safe path for the convoy to travel is by using a machine called a ground penatration radar, and even then they make sure not to leave the vehicle without a rope.
One of the challenges that they face is doing the dishes, because of how cold it is they have to swirl warm water around the bowl then quickly drink it up ( In the text it states that they call this dish soup), another chalenge that they faced was figuring out how much fuel to bring.
An interesting fact I found throughout the artical is that they have to pack enough fuel for a small car to travel around the globe 12 times (33,000 liters of fuel), another fact I learnt was the way they did the dishes, one last interesting thing is that they travel an average human running speed.
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