writing! I am having a great time, though I didn't get to see a walrus today. It depends where I feel like sleeping, bears enjoy sleeping in all sorts of places. SBxx Question from: Gavin to: A scientist dated: 22 Feb Question: A short query for Lionel Carter and fellow planktonologists - did you manage to throw the net over the side at Macquarie and if so, where there any critters in it?? Best regards, Gavin Answer: We are putting the net over the side tomorrow, off Cape Evans and Cape Royds. Fingers crossed! Question from: Joe to: Gareth dated: 22 Feb Question: Are you chartering this ship? How thick is the iron in the icebreaker part? Why is it called spirit of Enderby? Answer: The boat is a 320 tonne Russian registered KM Ice class ship, built in 1984 in Finland, called the Professor Kromov. It was designed and built as a research vessel and is rebadged as the Spirit of Enderby (named after one of the Auckland Islands which we have visited) whenever it is chartered by Heritage Expeditions who operate out of Christchurch. I'm not sure how thick the bow is, but you may be able to find out by looking up the ship type on Wikipedia -- we don't have great access to the internet here unfortunately. All the best, Gareth Question from: regan to: Shackleton Bear dated: 22 Feb Question: could you please come to our school in whakamarma? Answer: I would love to come