https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9 By: Jacob Cataldi🌊 en-us 2021-09-22 00:09:16 UTC 2021-09-22 02:36:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f42c.png jcataldi23 https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758635454 The Temperature drops drastically in this port around summertime. The highest the temperature will get is in December and January. The hours in Antarctica in general can fluctuate, but there can be a period of 6 months of darkness. As of the month of September, weather.com has winds of at least 16-20 mph every single day, the wind conditions in McMurdo Station are no joke. Also, Antarctica is actually considered a desert, so the rain and snow are not extreme at all, if any even comes down. ]]> 2021-09-22 00:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758635454 jcataldi23 https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758684016 Like the actual Weather in not only McMurdo Station, but in all of Antarctica as well the water conditions are very rough and cold.  McMurdo Station can get down to -22.8 Degrees Celsius, so it is obvious the water temperatures will be very cold as well.  The wave action is also very rough, from the picture, it is easy to see that the water is extremely intimidating.  Antarctica's Water is part of the Southern Ocean, and its deepest Ocean Depth can get to 23,740 feet.  According to Google, Antarctica's water salinity is 34.62 parts per thousand.

https://www.britannica.com/science/Antarctic-Bottom-Water  ]]> 2021-09-22 01:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758684016 jcataldi23 https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758693007 2021-09-22 01:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758693007 jcataldi23 https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758782417 Adelie Penguins- These penguins get up to 27.5 inches as well as 11 to 20 years in life expectancy.  These penguins live on the Antarctic Continent and on many small surrounding islands.  These penguins actually feed on my next organism states, which are small krill, as well as fish and squid.  

Antarctic Krill- Six centimeters in size, and although they are very small, they play a huge role in the Antarctic food chain which allows for other bigger organisms to thrive, specifically whales, seals, and birds.  These Krill clean up the sea and feed in groups of thousands of algae.  

Killer Whale- These whales are considered "toothed" whales who prey on fish, squid, seals, other whales, and even the largest whale of them all, the blue whale. Males grow up to 9.75m and females grow up to 8.5m. These whales are found all throughout the earth's oceans, and were thought to migrate away from Antarctica during the winter but have been sighted deep inside the pack ice. There are about 70,000 killer whales in the Antarctic waters. Another fun fact about these whales is that they actually prey on the Adelie penguins, which was covered a little earlier as well.

https://icecube.wisc.edu/pole/animals/ 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/adelie-penguin 

https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/animals/whales/killer-whale/


]]> 2021-09-22 02:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758782417 jcataldi23 https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758820935 Antarctic Lichen- These lichen grow at a very slow rate, reaching about 1cm per 100 years.  This species is found in the Peninsula, confined to the Maritime Antarctic, and they have a very disrupted distribution pattern.  Lichen can adapt and and exhibit net photosynthesis in temperatures as low as -20 degrees Celsius.  

Antarctic Hair Grass- The Antarctic Hair Grass is scientifically known as "Deschampsia Antarctica" and it is one of only two living plant species in all of Antarctica.  These species mainly are found on South Orkney Islands, The South Shetland Islands, and along the Western Antarctic Peninsula.  

Antarctic Pearlwort- The Antarctic Pearlwort is also scientifically known as "Colobanthus Quitensis" and is the other one of two living plans species in Antarctica.  This species has yellow flowers and grows to about 5 cm tall.  It is always wondered how these plants can survive with such cold hard conditions, but this species has great root strength and can withstand extremely cold temperature without dying out.  

It may be wondered why there are only two living plant species along with some other small living organisms in all of Antarctica. The answer is that in McMurdo Station, and in Antarctica in general, the temperature and weather conditions are simply way too extreme for plant organisms to thrive and stay alive in the sea.


https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/plants/lichens/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deschampsia_antarctica 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colobanthus_quitensis]]> 2021-09-22 02:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758820935 jcataldi23 https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758839384 1) Fellow Travelers and settlers, make sure to stock up on food and materials/useful supplies before the winter and other months.  The darkness is absolutely absurd and there could be up to six months of complete black outside, no one will want to go outside when there is nothing to see.  

2) Another piece of advice I have for the travelers of Antarctica would be to not bank on trying to find any new plant species in the waters, the temperature and conditions of the sea in Antarctica are way too brutal for anything to live there without complete adaption. ]]> 2021-09-22 02:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jcataldi23/up43l4vzw6775yr9/wish/1758839384