Comments on: Weddell Seals in Erebus Bay http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/weddell-seals-in-erebus-bay/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Help! http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/weddell-seals-in-erebus-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Help! Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:23:18 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches-new/?p=128#comment-45 please can you help me on my homework, i need to know what the climate is like there, the scenery, sea and land resources and finally greenpeace!? pleeease help me as it needs to be done and i cant find it on the internet! please can you help me on my homework, i need to know what the climate is like there, the scenery, sea and land resources and finally greenpeace!?
pleeease help me as it needs to be done and i cant find it on the internet!

]]> By: David Ainley http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/weddell-seals-in-erebus-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-44 David Ainley Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:22:52 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches-new/?p=128#comment-44 Hi Laural– I hope you’ve enjoyed our webcasts. Great to know that you’ve been following us in Antarctica from Wyoming. Have you been talking about this project in your classroom? In answer to your toothfish question, you are in luck: another Ice Stories correspondent just arrived in Antarctica to study toothfishes specifically! I’m sure she’ll be posting some very interesting dispatches that will allow you to learn a lot about the toothfish. In the meantime, I’ll tell you a little bit about them. These fish are pretty remarkable. Their natural life span is up to 50 years, and they can grow to weigh 300 pounds. The most amazing feature, though, is the way they’ve adapted to their environment. The waters in the Southern Ocean are the coldest waters on Earth– and if you put almost any other kind of fish in there, it would freeze to death very quickly. The toothfish, however, evolved a way around that. It produces a protein that acts like antifreeze. This antifreeze runs in the toothfishes’ veins to prevent its blood from freezing. It’s a great example of the remarkable ways that living creatures evolve to adapt to their own environment. Hi Laural– I hope you’ve enjoyed our webcasts. Great to know that you’ve been following us in Antarctica from Wyoming. Have you been talking about this project in your classroom?

In answer to your toothfish question, you are in luck: another Ice Stories correspondent just arrived in Antarctica to study toothfishes specifically! I’m sure she’ll be posting some very interesting dispatches that will allow you to learn a lot about the toothfish. In the meantime, I’ll tell you a little bit about them. These fish are pretty remarkable. Their natural life span is up to 50 years, and they can grow to weigh 300 pounds. The most amazing feature, though, is the way they’ve adapted to their environment. The waters in the Southern Ocean are the coldest waters on Earth– and if you put almost any other kind of fish in there, it would freeze to death very quickly. The toothfish, however, evolved a way around that. It produces a protein that acts like antifreeze. This antifreeze runs in the toothfishes’ veins to prevent its blood from freezing. It’s a great example of the remarkable ways that living creatures evolve to adapt to their own environment.

]]> By: laural lawler http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/weddell-seals-in-erebus-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-43 laural lawler Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:22:36 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches-new/?p=128#comment-43 Thank you, for your stories. I would like to know what a toothfish is. I thought the toothfish was a seal it was so big. Your job must be fun. I will be watching a telecast tomorrow from Cody, Wyoming. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Laural Lawler 4th Grd. Valley School Cody, WY Thank you, for your stories. I would like to know what a toothfish is. I thought the toothfish was a seal it was so big. Your job must be fun. I will be watching a telecast tomorrow from Cody, Wyoming. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Laural Lawler 4th Grd.
Valley School
Cody, WY

]]> By: John D. Voyde http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/weddell-seals-in-erebus-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-42 John D. Voyde Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:22:14 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches-new/?p=128#comment-42 I recently read on the web about how the U.S. Geological Survey has been studying the Deuterium/Hydrogen ratio in bird feathers among various bird populations both migratory and non-migratory. They published a map that shows a variance of D/H with latitude. I would like to see how polar birds fit into such a profile. Also, perhaps there are historical trends. I recently read on the web about how the U.S. Geological Survey has been studying the Deuterium/Hydrogen ratio in bird feathers among various bird populations both migratory and non-migratory. They published a map that shows a variance of D/H with latitude. I would like to see how polar birds fit into such a profile. Also, perhaps there are historical trends.

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