fuchs foundation antarctica expedition 2010

Fuchs Foundation Antarctica Expedition 2010

South Pole

Ellsworth Mountains

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

How to get to Antarctica

How to get to Antarctica

The tent

The tent

Sledging

Toilets!

Science

Life in the cold

The most amazing views

The most amazing views

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

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

What signs alerted us to this crevasse (whose bottom we

couldn’t see!)

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?

How can these animals handle the extreme conditions of Antarctica?

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

what would annoy you?

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

what would annoy you?

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

what would annoy you?

The most amazing views