Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 15:05

HELLO!!!!! My name is Noel.I'm in Mr.Wood's period 6 science class,and I go to Talbert Middle School.I was wondering,do you ever see any polar bears around you?If you do,I would sure like to have you send me a picture of one.Also,how has your trip been going?Was there any trouble along the way?You must miss your family,right?Do you keep in contact with them?I know that was a lot of questions,so I don't expect to here from you for a while.TTYL!!!That means talk to you later. -Noel

Juan Botella

Hi Noel, thanks for writing. I have not seen any polar bears because polar bears
only live on the northern Polar areas. I am not sure why that is the case,
but I believe there are no large bears in the high latitudes of the
Southern hemisphere (no black bears, brown bears, etc).
The trip is going pretty well. We will not be able to do all the science
work we had scheduled because we cannot work when the seas get too rough.
They are rough right now, for example. Other than that it is going well.
I do keep in touch with my family and miss them very much. We have a
satellite phone so I call them every other day. It is great to hear their
voices even ifor a few minutes.
Thanks again for writing, Noel.
Juan.