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 * Whose doing what? **
 * *What type of scientist is David Smith: Geologist (Made up) **
 * ** Josh and Jayden ** A brief biography of your life as an explorer/scientist. You might like to include the selection criteria for employees in Antarctica( based on a real person or made up)
 * ** Geneva ** What work have you done in Antarctica?
 * ** Josh ** What are the advantages and disadvantages of your role?
 * ** Jayden ** How are you a model of stewardship?
 * ** Bailey and Geneva ** Choose one aspect of Antarctic life (living conditions, nature or climate) to give a detailed insight to your audience.
 * ** Bailey ** Develop four questions that you could ask your audience about your work as an geologist

**Facts about Antarctica**
 * 1) Antarctica holds 75% of the earth's fresh water
 * 2) Antarctica is classified as a desert
 * 3) Only 2% of Antarctica is not covered in ice **Did you know?**
 * 4) Antarctica is the windiest and driest place on earth
 * 5) Antarctica is the fifth largest continent

**A brief biography** David Smith was born on the 25th of February 1969 in Broome. His parents were Paul Smith and Catherine Lee who were both chefs and enjoyed bush walking in their local area. He grew up fascinated by the Bungle Bungles which were a 35 minute walk from his home. He enjoyed looking at the orange and black lines that were in them. On his 15th birthday his parents got him a geology set. With it he analysed anything he could find on bush walks. When he was 19 he made it into the University of WA in Geology. He studied there for six years and got a degree in geology.He got a job at a geology lab and a part time job at the Australian geography store. In August 1996 when he was 27 he traveled to Antarctica with another geologist named Tom MacAvoy to study the Antarctic Peninsula. He came back to Australia in December 1969 to celebrate Christmas with his family. In 2003 he traveled back to Antarctica to study the volcano on the Antarctic peninsula. He now has a wife (Jen) and three kids named Tom (7), Sarah (5) and Christine (2).

**Advantages** *It was a great experience going to Antarctica and seeing it's amazing wildlife, this motivated me to keep going. *I have been where others can only can dream of. *Being able to do thing I love......BEING A GEOLOGIST.

**Disadvantages** *All my men relied on me which means if I made a mistake it would effect them all. *It scared me that I might get frostbite or another disease *Everything costs a lot more in Antarctica (eg. bag of chips=$100)

media type="custom" key="13584318" __Q1:How old was David when he got the geology set?__

Jayden's Speech On Stewardship!!

__Q2:Name one detailed reason why David is a model of stewardship?__ What work did you do in Antarctica? We explored the antarctic peninsula and one of the continents active volcanoes and how it was formed. Most of the time we took samples of the landscape around the volcano and also collected various specimens of rocks around the volcano. part of the work included going beneath the ground to collect more samples to take back to the lab.

Q3:

**How to live in Antarctica** {Living conditions} Bailey and Geneva-Choose one aspect of Antarctic life (living conditions, nature or climate) to give a detailed insight to your audience.

**What you will need to wear**

Thermal long underwear, this keeps you warm as well as wicking away the excess moisture from your skin (sweat)

A wool shirt, polar fleece jumper, or down vest on top and some shorts down below, preferably made of artificial fibre that does not hold moisture and keeps warmth in. This second layer captures a layer of warm insulating air.

An outer windproof and for Sub Antarctica waterproof shell such as Gore-Tex (which is a “breathable” fabric) Jacket and Pants or a “Freezer Suit”. Fabrics such as Gore-Tex allows excess heat and moisture to get out, but keeps outside moisture from getting in.

**Food in Antarctica** How to get your meals in Antarctica: in Antarctica there are chefs from around the world cooking for the tourist and researchers. Just recently fruit and vegetables have been available in Antarctica for a much longer period of time.

**TV Interview time**

Special Thanks To: Google for supplying us information AudioPal for supplying us with some audio Voki for supplying us with a 2 vokis

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