Dear Mum
The trip her to the Tundra was boring and long but we finally got here at 1am on Wednesday morning.
It is very cold even though I am wearing 6 layers of clothes, luckily we came in summer!
It was strange seeing wildflowers growing since it's so cold but we went for a walk this morning and saw some! The teacher said we weren't allowed to pick them though.
Yesterday I saw an arctic fox and there was a polar bear destroying the neighbouring village!
It is hard to sleep at night because there is sun all day and night but eventually I fall asleep.
2 days ago I tried digging a hole to see how far down I could get but after I got only a little way the ground was frozen.
Hopefully tomorrow we are going to see a reindeer (they call them caribou here).
I'm looking forward to coming home and feeling warm again.
From Andrew
Friday, 21 December 2018
Towering Timbers
I support logging in New Zealand because:
It is New Zealand's third biggest export money producer, bringing in $5 billion NZ dollars in 2018, this makes the country richer because that money is then spent around NZ.
The industry employs about 20,000 workers and that money that they earn supports them and their families. Those people buy stuff to live and the money they spend pays for other people eg. buying meat to eat at the butcher pays the butcher and his workers.
The wood can be used in New Zealand to build things eg. houses and if we use our own wood then the money is going to New Zealand not overseas.
Link to Photo www.ribbonwood.co.nz convert your land
It is New Zealand's third biggest export money producer, bringing in $5 billion NZ dollars in 2018, this makes the country richer because that money is then spent around NZ.
The industry employs about 20,000 workers and that money that they earn supports them and their families. Those people buy stuff to live and the money they spend pays for other people eg. buying meat to eat at the butcher pays the butcher and his workers.
The wood can be used in New Zealand to build things eg. houses and if we use our own wood then the money is going to New Zealand not overseas.
Link to Photo www.ribbonwood.co.nz convert your land
Thursday, 20 December 2018
Salt and Pepper
I would build my hotel on the Cliffs of Moher which is in County Clare, Northern Ireland.
The cliffs get almost 1 million visitors every year so my hotel would make lots of money.
From my hotel you would be able to see the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, the Maumturks and Twelve Pins mountain ranges to the north in County Galway, and Loop Head.
You would so be able to see O'Brien's tower if you looked North.
The cliffs get almost 1 million visitors every year so my hotel would make lots of money.
From my hotel you would be able to see the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, the Maumturks and Twelve Pins mountain ranges to the north in County Galway, and Loop Head.
You would so be able to see O'Brien's tower if you looked North.
Pancakes and Maple Syrup
One of my favourite foods is chips steak and coleslaw.
For chips peel and cut up potatoes in to thin long slices and then deep fry them in dripping. When they're ready put salt on them.
For steak you put the steak in a pan with butter in it wait until one side is brown then turn over and when that side is brown take it out of the pan and it is ready to eat.
For coleslaw cut up green cabbage, grate cheese, carrot and apple, add mayonnaise and mix together.
For mayonnaise put one egg yolk in a cup and beat quickly while slowly adding about a cup of olive oil, add salt to taste.
For chips peel and cut up potatoes in to thin long slices and then deep fry them in dripping. When they're ready put salt on them.
For steak you put the steak in a pan with butter in it wait until one side is brown then turn over and when that side is brown take it out of the pan and it is ready to eat.
For coleslaw cut up green cabbage, grate cheese, carrot and apple, add mayonnaise and mix together.
For mayonnaise put one egg yolk in a cup and beat quickly while slowly adding about a cup of olive oil, add salt to taste.
Scaling New Heights
If I met Sir Edmund Hillary 5 questions I would ask him would be:
1. How long did it take you to climb Mount Everest?
2. What made you think a tractor would drive to the South Pole?
3. How did you prepare to climb Mount Everest with no oxygen?
4. Why did you decide to climb Mount Everest?
5. What food did you take with you on your expeditions?
Hillary on the summit of Mount Seally in the Southern Alps NZ 1947. From Pictorial Celebration Sir Edmund Hillary
Link to Photo
1. How long did it take you to climb Mount Everest?
2. What made you think a tractor would drive to the South Pole?
3. How did you prepare to climb Mount Everest with no oxygen?
4. Why did you decide to climb Mount Everest?
5. What food did you take with you on your expeditions?
Hillary on the summit of Mount Seally in the Southern Alps NZ 1947. From Pictorial Celebration Sir Edmund Hillary
Link to Photo
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
The WWF: World Wildlife Fund
1. The WWF are trying to help save Freshwater Seals.
2. The WWF are building snowbanks for the pups to be born in so they have shelter from the weather, other animals and humans.
3. About 50% of the pups will die without snow banks so they are saving half of the pups born, this is not really a long term solution though, it should be able to happen naturally.
2. The WWF are building snowbanks for the pups to be born in so they have shelter from the weather, other animals and humans.
3. About 50% of the pups will die without snow banks so they are saving half of the pups born, this is not really a long term solution though, it should be able to happen naturally.
The Secretive Skink
Three good things about working as a DOC ranger are:
1. Protecting and restoring historic sights
2. Making and maintaining tracks, signs, huts and fences
3. Monitoring native wildlife, habitats and plants
Three bad things about working as a DOC ranger are:
1. Having to work evenings and weekends sometimes
2. May have to travel to attend meetings
3. Telling land owners they are not allowed to do things they want to
I would not like to work as a DOC ranger because I don't like 1080.
1. Protecting and restoring historic sights
2. Making and maintaining tracks, signs, huts and fences
3. Monitoring native wildlife, habitats and plants
Three bad things about working as a DOC ranger are:
1. Having to work evenings and weekends sometimes
2. May have to travel to attend meetings
3. Telling land owners they are not allowed to do things they want to
I would not like to work as a DOC ranger because I don't like 1080.
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