Journey to Antarctica

Oh my, what a magical day! As we were finishing up our passports it started snowing big, fluffy, beautiful flakes. The ground was white, covered with a thin layer of snow. This made us very excited but once it was lunch time the snow had melted. But that's ok because today we are traveling to Antarctica! We handed Mrs. Sisto our boarding passes and found seats on the plane. It is a very long flight to Antarctica, all the way down to the bottom of the earth. While we were on the plane we went on a virtual tour of McMurdo Station, the largest community on Antarctica. Scientists from all over the world meet in McMurdo to share ideas. We learned that all our waste (recycling, food scraps, garbage) has to be flown out of Antarctica to other countries like New Zealand. We also learned that it is summer in Antarctica right now. We checked the weather and it is only twenty-six degrees fahrenheit in McMurdo and it is summer! Then we wrote down what we brought with us on our journey. For about the next month we are going to be scientists studying ice, penguins, and other creatures that live in Antarctica.