Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 11:11
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Human Impacts in Antarctica

Hi, Ann,

Greetings from Bellaire, where the weather is a balmy 78°.  Wishing you and your team a glorious Thanksgiving!

About those hedgerows in New Zealand... I keep hoping one of your students will explain its use, but since I haven't seen an explanation yet, I'll take a guess.  It appears that they're used as fences, maybe as windbreaks or to keep animals in or out of the fields.  Am I even close?

I'm enjoying vicariously tagging along on your adventure.  Take care!

Debra

Fri, 11/23/2007 - 10:29

Ann Linsley

Hi Debra, 
Happy Thanksgiving to you too! I hope all went well given the circumstances of the last couple of months.    Hedgerows are designed to reduce the damage caused by wind when it blows across a plain.  In many cases it is also used to set off property boundaries as well.  I dont think I am going to see anything close to 78F until I get back to the North Island in NZ.  We are in the 20'sF for the most part here at McMurdo.
 
Take care and send more questions! 
Ann