Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/16/2008 - 11:20

Hi Ms. Ellwood!

I hope everything is going well in Antarctica. Reading your journal and keeping up with all you've doing has been really interesting, and it was great to see that video of SCUBA actually in the water. I'm so happy it worked, a few weeks ago I thought about it and all the troubles we ran into while making it, and I was afraid it would get in the water and stall, or have the images turn upside down on the screen or something crazy like that! I hope everyone's getting the hang of driving it; I know from experience that I certainly wouldn't be able to get it down the divehole without causing serious damage. Anyway, I hope you're having a ton of fun and can't wait to hear more!

From,

Maddie

Robin Ellwood

YEAH MADDIE - - YOU DID IT!!!!
ScubaDooba Doo is working great! "Doo" will be going for another swim sometime soon - I hope to get it in shallower water so it can see some of the marine life! There was another diver with me - Steve - the day we first launched Doo. He got terrific footage - his camera is WAY better than mine. He's going to share the video clips with me and I will post them once I have them!
I'm very proud of all of you! Everyone here is super impressed!
The only thing that would make it better for me would be if you all coould be here with me to see it in action! Maybe someday?!
Cheers,
RobinĀ