Good morning Kirk. Barney here again.
The students haven't arrived yet...still an hour or so to go. We are having another day of snow flurries turning to rain here in the Pacific Northwest. That reminds me of the students' question last Friday during a weather discussion: When Antarctic snow is melted, how much snow has to be melted to get an inch of water? We have used a snow board here and a straight-sided collection container to melt snow and then compare the amount of water we get from it. Our snow is almost always very "wet" with high water content. What can you tell us about your snow in Antarctica?
Have a great day. The students are really appreciating your responses and I am enjoying the vicarious experience and hoping to get to Antarctica myself one day.
Barney