slow down and ride on the side of the road until it has passed. Cows have the ultimate power though, a wandering one can stop traffic. They are regarded as sacred, and everyone has to drive around them. Question from: Aria Lynch to: Shackleton Bear dated: 29 Feb Question: How do you know what to do if your ship gets stuck in ice? Answer: Hi Aria, Now that's a really good question, and one we were asking ourselves quite a lot a few days ago! I think most captains are very careful not to let their ships get stuck in the ice, because the ice is very powerful and even though ships look big and strong, they can get squished very easily! Some ships can break ice, and some (like ours) can push it around. But ships do get stuck, and they used to get stuck a lot. Sir Ernest Shackleton waited for the last moment before getting everyone off his ship Endurance when it got squished in 1915. He camped on the sea ice until it melted in the summer, when he and his men got into lifeboats. They all survived. Another ship, the Aurora, got stuck in ice in 1915, too, and the crew stayed aboard until the ice all melted. It took months! They all survived, too. So I suppose the best thing to do is stay in your ship until it's too dangerous, and then hope that you get rescued after that! Or, better yet, try