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Fuchs Foundation Antarctica Expedition 2010. South Pole Ellsworth Mountains.

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1 Fuchs Foundation Antarctica Expedition 2010

2 South Pole Ellsworth Mountains

3 Information about Ellsworth Mountains Coldest place on Earth: -89.2ºC recorded in 1983 Temperature at the Ellsworth Mountains: -20 to -40ºC Permanent inhabitants: ZERO Average rainfall: 20cm per year- this makes it a desert! Sunlight: 24hrs per day

4 How to get to Antarctica

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6 The tent

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8 Sledging

9 Toilets!

10 Science

11 Life in the cold

12 The most amazing views

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14 What are we wearing to help us cope with the extreme conditions of Antarctica?

15 This is the daily ration of food. What strikes you about it?

16 What signs alerted us to this crevasse (whose bottom we couldn’t see!)

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18 What is your clothing used for? How is it different from a normal item of clothes? What would happen if you wore it in Acton?

19 How can these animals handle the extreme conditions of Antarctica?

20 Could you spend five weeks living in this small space with another person? What would be good about the experience, what would annoy you?

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23 The most amazing views


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