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Letter from Anchor  Dear everyone back home, I’m writing to you all from HMS ENDURANCE as we make our long trip down to the Antarctic. It’s been a very busy time for me as I’ve settled in onboard. My first day started with me meeting the Captain, his name is Captain Nick Lambert and he’s the boss. Everyone onboard has to call him Sir and he’s a very nice man. The Captain gave me all of my jobs for while I am onboard, the most important one being to write to everyone regularly so that you all know what we’re doing. It won’t be long before we reach our first port of call, Madeira. Do any of you know where Madeira is? It is an island in the eastern Atlantic. If you can’t find it on a map or globe, ask a grown-up to show you where it is. It is a very warm and sunny island, so I am looking forward to get some sunshine on my fur! My first week was very busy. We had to take on all of the food we would need for our long trip and we also had to make the ship very clean and tidy. Everyone put in a lot of work for when we sailed, on the 31st of October, Halloween. On our first few days, the sea has been very rough. The wind as we went past France was as strong as 80mph at times and it made me feel a bit seasick. I was ok though, as Doctor Simon gave me some seasickness tablets and I then felt fine. Have any of you ever felt seasick while on a sea journey? It’s not very nice, is it? I have had to learn some new words for objects and rooms on HMS Endurance, as on a ship not everything has the same name as at home. The floor is called the deck, and the kitchens are called the Galley, see if you can remember these words. Since we have gone to sea, I have been learning a lot about the weather as we have meteorologists on the ship. A meteorologist is the posh name for someone who studies weather. Do you know why the wind blows? Because air is invisible, you can’t see the wind. But you can feel it on your face, and see how it makes the trees sway. When you feel the wind blow, it’s because air is on the move. Air moves when it’s warm. It gets lighter and it rises up into the sky. Cooler air then rushes in to take its place, making a breeze. To see what I’m explaining in action, put a feather over a hot radiator and watch it float upwards on the rising air. I’m very excited about going to Antarctica. I thought I might meet some relatives of mine there, as I have some distant cousins who are polar bears. But, polar bears don’t live in Antarctica; they live around the North Pole. I wonder if my cousins would like a holiday in Antarctica? Both the North and South Pole are freezing cold places with plenty of ice and snow. Would you like to go to Antarctica for a holiday? I hope to be able to write to you all again soon and tell you about more new words I’ve learned and about our adventures. Please email me with any questions you have about being on HMS Endurance, as I’d love to hear from you: enquiries@visitandlearn.co.uk Yours Aye (the Navy way of signing off) Anchor x
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