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1. eleanor March 18, 2008 2:06 pm

   hi i was at your presantation at bhisop douglus school i found it very interesting and i would like to find out more about the feet of green so hear are some questions i want to ask you about feet of green

   is it hard to walk all day with a big slieh with you?

   is it hard to get all of thoses clothes on so you don’t get cold or you don’t get frostbite?

   Have you ever found a polar bear right next to your tent?

   are the animals dangerous where you have been before?

   is it a relife to get home out of the frizeing weather?

   when you are about to go to where ever you are going are you afraid that you might get hurt or attact?

   thats all the questions i have for now

   Eleanor

2. chad March 18, 2008 2:09 pm

   i found your speach very intresting.is it hard running with them big wheels.Have your ever seen a poler bear.what was your best animal that you liked? Whats your best food in greenland.i liked it when the people got in them them big coats. did you like it when you went to the north pole
   thank you bye

3. Richard Hale March 26, 2008 10:55 pm

   Chad and Eleanor

   Good questions… here are my answers on behalf of the team…

   1 - Alan has seen a polar bear - it followed him for several weeks on the North Pole once but did not get too close and so caused no harm.

   2 - Alan and Peter have just placed the order for their food supplies - most of it will be dehydrated - so they have to melt ice into water and then add the water to make the meal - they are taking lots of Ready Brek as we were given some as a donation from the company. Also they eat deydrated food including:
   TUNA PASTA
   COD & POTATOES IN CREAM SAUCE
   SWEET SOUR CHICKEN
   SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH ONION
   VEGETABLE TIKKA
   VEGETABLE BOLOGNESE
   SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE
   CHILLI CON CARNE
   CHICKEN TIKKA
   CHICKEN KORMA
   PASTA PROVENCE

   3 - Alan liked being at the North Pole so much that he went back for several years and he took other people there such as business men and women. Mind you for the big expedition he did in 2000 he nearly starved to death because he and Charlie had run out of food.

   4 - It is very hard for Alan and Peter to walk with the sledges but they have trained very hard for several years building up the strength and stamina in their legs and ‘core strength’ around their middle. The key muscles have built up ‘muscle memory’ so when they come to the expedition they are ready for the challenge. Immagine how hard it is though to drag the sledge up hills - for much of the journey in Greenland they will be climbing higher and higher above sea level.

   5 - Animals - they don’t want to see an Arctic fox - even though they look lovely they usually mean there is a polar bear nearby - and even though polar bears are lovely to look at you don’t want to meet a hungry one!

   6 - Being afraid - Alan and Peter are normal guys - they will have the usual fears that we all would have when facing possible danger - but they ensure they plan to overcome any risks which they could face. For instance this weekend they are going to the Arctic (a place called Spitsbergen - check it out on the web/google) where they will be practising crossing the crevasses (the big gaps in the ice with huge drops below). This means they will be ready to work as a good team when they face the crevasses in Greenland.

   6 - You bet it is a relief for them to get out of the cold - but some people love the cold and they keep going back to the Arctic or the Antarctic because they are such places of natural beauty - look out for the photographs they will be sending back and we will be showing them on the website.

   All the best - keep in touch -
   Richard, Alan and Pete.

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