Antarctica Anyone?

Today we coerced Andrea to go to the Antarctica Exhibition at the Natural History Museum. She's 13 - almost 14 and I have to tell you that going to a museum on Saturday is not high on her 'cool' list. But because she didn't see anyone she knows and she got to get a chocolate/banana crepe at the little french place down the street, I didn't hear her complain too much. The exhibition was pretty good - as usual. Here is our experience in a nutshell.

1. Be put into a freezer at -10 degrees celsius (only for 30 seconds) if we would have stayed in there for 30 minutes our fingers would have frostbite.

2. We learned about all the antarctic wildlife - with an emphasis on penguins. We actually got to see and smell - yes smell - penguin vomit and poo! How exciting is that.

3. We got to try on and look at all the clothing, food, an actual room where you would sleep, etc.

4. We played computer games - driving a snowmobile to pick up meteorite rocks.

5. We sat on a real snowmobile that they used on the exhibition.

6. We watched a movie of people diving under the ice.

Well, those are the highlights. It was a nice morning. It went crazy after that - but that's another story.