I hope you had a great Antarctica Day. We sure did in our class. We did some fun Antarctic activities.
December 1st is Antarctica Day. It is in celebration of the Antarctic Treaty that was signed in 1959 by the many of the worlds countries. It was agreed then that no country would own Antarctica. Antarctica would not be used for any military action or any mining of its resources. It would be used for science and all countries would share their discoveries. Let's just hope that the world continues to honor this treaty so the one last place on the Earth, unaffected by mankind, will continue to be cared for.
We started off class by judging the entries in our beanie contest.
After the beanie contest, we read Mike Penn's Antarctic journals, which are very great to read, and students sent some questions and comments to Mike. He is currently in Antarctica traveling from weather station to weather station doing necessary maintenance. His expedition can be found here.
We then had a competition where winners would receive an all expense paid trip to Antarctica. It was an origami penguin beauty contest. Yes, you guessed it...the winners were the penguins and they will be traveling with me to the ice. Here are the winners who will be traveling to Antarctica:
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