Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 17:30

 

        Dear mr wood

dose mount erubus have any side vents.also do you know how long and big the magma chamber of mount erubus is!When your on top of mount erubus dose the temp drop a lot. coud you tell me the amount.

 

                                                                                      ernie p6 

John Wood

Hello Ernie,
Thanks for the questions.  There are no real side vents on Mt. Erebus at this time.  The experiment we conducting now will hopefully give us an idea of how long and big the magma chamber is.  And the temperature does drop a bit when you reach the top of the volcano.  Today it was -40 degrees at the hut and a little cooler at the rim, but only by 5 or so degrees today.
Cheers,
Mr. Wood