At first, I didn't think that this Virtual Antactica would really work. The more that I got involved, the cooler it got. I got involved because I was looking for a project for my field biology class and I was having trouble finding a project. In the process of looking for this project, one of my ex-teachers at El Molino, Rick Massell, introduced me to this Virtual Antarctica.
I'm a senior at El Molino HS. I've been involved with a lot of environmental projects since the beginning of my junior year. During the summer I attended a conference of the United Nations Environmental Project. The purpose of UNEP was to get a bunch of kids together and have them put ideas together about how to help save our environment. Myself, I worked on a program that was working with the Internet as a way of trying to link all of the environmental problems throughout the world.
The beginning of our journey has started with a interview with Jonathan Chester who is the explorer for this expedition. He has brought me to understand more about Antactica than I have ever known before (which is nothing.) I've learned that there isn't a lot of life there. That's because it has an average temperatures of 17 degrees. Before I knew that, I thought that there might be polar bears and a lot more birds.
What I hope to get out of the virtual field trip is to know what is exactly in Antactica and to feel like I've been there.
-Entry for December 8, 1995-