boat? Answer: I have several jobs. When we leave the ship, I drive the Zodiac (inflatable boat) to take people to the shore. Because I've been in Antarctica a lot, I can explain to other people about the rocks, ice, animals and history. In the evening, I help run the bar and give other passengers drinks. On the ship, I'm one of the scientists talking to the Our Far South group about climate change. My special area is studying how the glaciers are melting and making sea-level rise. Question from: Matthew to: Ray Hoare dated: 28 Feb Question: mareej@parawai.school.nz How cold is the outside temperature at the moment? Answer: Hi Matthew, As I write this (9.40am, 29th Feb) it is currently -0.1 degrees centigrade outside. The temperatures are quite varied depending on the time of day and when we woke up at 3am to see the Ross Ice Shelf it was a chilly -13 made even more extreme by the fierce wind-chill coming off the shelf. Question from: Samuel to: Shackleton Bear dated: 28 Feb Question: What can you see at the Antarctica at the moment? Answer: Hi Samuel, We've left Antarctica behind us, now. Looking out my porthole, all I can see is ocean and pieces of ice. Soon, all the ice will be gone, too, and it will just be ocean, ocean and more ocean. Today, we saw penguins and seals on the ice, just floating around miles from anywhere. We think we saw a leopard seal, too,