Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 15:44
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Erebus Volcano Antarctica

Dear Mr. Wood,

How are you doing in Antarctica?  How cold is it? We started the section on vocanoes and I wanted to ask you, what type of volcano is Mt. Erebus??  How deep is the magma chamber underneath Mt. Erebus?  Thanks for reading!!!

                                                                    Your student,

                                                                      Erin 2nd periodCool

Sat, 12/06/2008 - 00:57

John Wood

Hello Erin,
Things are good!  It has been pretty cold but not so bad.  On the mountain the  temperatures have dropped to -20 degrees, and with the wind it feels much colder!  I won't tell you yet what kind of volcano Erebus is.  We hope that the experiment we are running will tell us how deep the magma chamber is.
Cheers,
Mr. Wood