Antarctic Explorer Visit

Antarctic adventurer Chris Olsen, who has been to Antarctica three times, came to visit Year 6 on Tuesday 1 April. He gave the students the extraordinary opportunities to touch ice from an Antarctic glacier, wear real Antarctic multi-layered clothing and even use an ice pick to chop up a huge block of ice. We were also able to touch rocks from Antarctica and a piece of wood from Mawson's hut! He set up 6RA to look like a campsite from his trip to Commonwealth Bay. He taught us about the human impact on Antarctica including showing us pictures of the thousands of rabbits that used to be on Macquarie Island.

By Daniel, Alex and Tarjan