I was wondering if ice sheets are easy to break and how many are they're.

Robin, One of my 5th grade science classes has been reading your journals and following your adventures online.They love the videos you are posting. Makes us feel like we're there too!It's fabulous that you are able to do that!! Below are some questions from this class:
Amber: What might cause the virus (on the mat you photographed last week)?
Carleigh: Were there any fish in the lake (in the dry valley)?
Matthew: How did it get there? (the lake)
Mercedes: How big are the(adele)penguins?
Khalid: How do you keep the compressors from freezing ?
And what is it like coming back up (from the dive hole)?
Sean: What are penguin flippers made of?
Lucas: How far down is the ice (in the lake)?
Joseph: How cold is the temperature when you dive underwater?
Tanner: Were you scared camping by a glacier?
Noah: Where in Antarctica is the penguin colony?
David: How long was a person in the water?
Wyatt: Are you shivering when you come back up to the surface?
Kaz: Is it dangerous to walk on the lake?
Brandi: How deep do you dive?
Conner:Does the glacier move?
Eldon: How fast do you think the wind was(blowing)? (katabatic)
We just started catching up with the robots- look for more questions soon :)
Keep up the good job!
cheers, Lollie

How will the LTER project help in future research, life, climate change, etc.

From Joey A. 8th grade

Hello Robin and the team,

We are loving your videos, but have a few  questions,  Now long can the seals stay under the ice before they need air?  We were also  wondering if the penguins ever fight due to rock stealing?  Ohhh and one more, what were those two penguins doing when their heads were raised and both "calling" at the same time?????We are guessing that it had something to do with mating????

Thanks from Flagstaff...Giavanna, Ricky, Rosaleo, Jesus, Sonya, Alex, Kris and sneaky Juan!

HI its me kevin (and nick) we just wanted too say hi and please write back

I forgot to write my name on "Hello again"

From Jacob Sicard

Hi Ms. Ellwood,

Thanks for responding to all my messages.  Hope you have a good rest of the expedittion.  Send more pictures please. thanks again .

Hi Ms. Ellwood!

I hope everything is going well in Antarctica. Reading your journal and keeping up with all you've doing has been really interesting, and it was great to see that video of SCUBA actually in the water. I'm so happy it worked, a few weeks ago I thought about it and all the troubles we ran into while making it, and I was afraid it would get in the water and stall, or have the images turn upside down on the screen or something crazy like that! I hope everyone's getting the hang of driving it; I know from experience that I certainly wouldn't be able to get it down the divehole without causing serious damage. Anyway, I hope you're having a ton of fun and can't wait to hear more!

From,

Maddie

Wow! Congrats to all those that worked on ScubaDooba Doo! Those videos are great and it's been so fun seeing the students create something and then see it being used in Antarctica! That is what inquiry is all about! Very, very, very cool. Thanks Robin for sharing it all with us. Your students and school are very lucky indeed to have you as their teacher.

Best,
Janet