Recently my teacher, Robin Ellwood, went to Antarctica. She has been diving in Lake Hoare. She has been taking samples of the algae mat and water samples. In 2008 Ms. Ellwood’s 8th grade class made a robot for her to bring done. The robot was going to take videos and pictures of animals and the sea floor. They recently dropped the robot in and it worked perfectly. We have been having live talks with Ms. Ellwood every once in a while. She would talk with our school and a couple other schools and we would get to ask her questions about what it is like down there. We also had another talk with another teacher who is going to Antarctica, but he is getting there on a boat. The boat is called an ice breaker, it has a flat bottom which helps it get on top of the ice and then he will crush it. When Ms. Ellwood went to New Zealand she met a woman who works at a penguin sanctuary. She invited Ms. Ellwood to go and she did, she saw many penguins. If you would like to learn more about Ms. Ellwood and her Journey go to http://www.polartrec.org/lake-ecosystems-in-antarctica/journals/robin-ellwood and read all of her journal entries. Also add comments on this page.