Dear Mrs. Knippenburg, Greetings from South Lake! We sure do miss your sunshiny disposition here at school, but I know you are warming up Antarctica with your effervescent personality. I looked at the photo of the valley where you have set up camp. It doesn't look like what I pictured Antarctica to be! Your site says that the valley has low temperatures, limited snowfall, and salt accumulation. I understand why it has salt accumulation, but why the low temperatures and limited snowfall? What about the geographic location causes these two things? Also, have you started to dig your ice tunnel yet? What was your first thought when you landed in Antarctica? Stay warm! Mrs. Murphy