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hey ms.cie~
Wow when i thought of copelands i thought of like a fish...guess im wrong. yeh i really wanted to go to your telconference, but sady mrs.Larsen just drew names out of a hat. I obviously wasnt selected. maybe next time!yes so is there any new exciting things happening on your ship? i dont know how you can stay awake, i would need some serious caffiene. i looked at your pictures form your "ice liberty" day i can see you guys really needed a break. i mean being cooped up in that shi[p all the time cant be fun(no matter how big it is) but playing soccer on an ice flow? how AWSOME! i would love to have done that.I cannot belive some people from the ship swam in the water! did you swim in it? o my gosh that would be so cold! brrr! but considering its 80 degrees right now and i cant stop sweating that water is looking really nice! SO in one of your journals it says a polar bear decided to play with you equipment! thats so weird, so they scavage like that all the time? i was reading this article once saying that polar bears will eat beluga whales...is that true? if it is thats so sad! Sad

! So are you eating french food on the ship? how interesting anything that you like im paticular? well i better get back to perr tutuoring, bye bye Wink

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Kim

Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 87

Hi Kim,
Isn't great learning new things! I think you would really like the 24 hour daylight. It is energizing. No, I did not go swimming. Remember when I told you I sat on an iceberg in 1989? Well, that was enough for me to know the water was colder than I wanted to experience (again). Polar bear eat what is available and must maintain enough body fat to stay warm. They really like seals and will wait at a seal's breathing hole. Seals have a lot of fat and that is good for the bears. THEY LIVE ON THE ICE FLOES. Can you imagine floating around the ocean on a slab of ice? What do you think will happen to the polar bears if the ice recedes?

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wow polar bears can survive on an ice flow? how kool is that? yeh well i was at the telyconfrence your pictures were great! yes well i dont think i would have swam in that water either :S you would be so cold once you got out of it!! Brrrr:$ but some people are daredevils i suppose! yeh well we really miss ya Wink

! yeh the weather here is very inconsistant first sunny then rainging and etc. its hard cause i would like to get a tan! o well i'll manage! yes well im srry the polar bear got into your exipment. So i saw the ship has a pet. i centipede? that one must be long. if its an african one how can it survive such cold conditions? well i better go bye bye Smile

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Kim

Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 87

The pet centipede stays in a terrarium and has heat lamps.