The South …penguins but no polar bears! South Pole Ellsworth Mountains.

The South …penguins but no

polar bears!

South Pole

Ellsworth Mountains

Information about Ellsworth Mountains

• Coldest place on Earth: -89.2ºC recorded in 1983 • Temperature at the Ellsworth Mountains in summer: -20 to -40ºC • Maximum wind speed: 30 knots (around 35 m.p.h.)• Permanent inhabitants: ZERO • Average rainfall: 20cm per year- this makes it a desert! • Sunlight: 24hrs per day in summer (none in winter!)

Your task

Your task is to design a shelter to protect the scientists from the cold and keep them alive until help can arrive. When designing your shelter you must think about:•how you can minimise heat loss by conduction, convection & radiation• Ice will be directly below the tent so your floor must be made of a good insulator• Your shelter needs to withstand gale force winds• Try to make your shelter out of renewable or sustainable materials