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Stranded Scientists!

Design a shelter for stranded scientists in the South Pole, amidst penguins but no polar bears. Learn about Ellsworth Mountains, the coldest place on Earth with extreme conditions. Create a shelter to protect scientists from cold, minimize heat loss, withstand gale-force winds, using sustainable materials.

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Stranded Scientists!

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  1. Stranded Scientists!

  2. The South …penguins but no polar bears!

  3. Ellsworth Mountains South Pole

  4. Information about Ellsworth Mountains • Coldest place on Earth: -89.2ºC recorded in 1983 • Temperature at the Ellsworth Mountains in summer: -20 to -40ºC • Maximum wind speed: 30 knots (around 35 m.p.h.) • Permanent inhabitants: ZERO • Average rainfall: 20cm per year- this makes it a desert! • Sunlight: 24hrs per day in summer • (none in winter!)

  5. Your task • Your task is to design a shelter to protect the scientists from the cold and keep them alive until help can arrive. When designing your shelter you must think about: • how you can minimise heat loss by conduction, convection & radiation • Ice will be directly below the tent so your floor must be made of a good insulator • Your shelter needs to withstand gale force winds • Try to make your shelter out of renewable or sustainable materials

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