| Letter from Anchor # 2 |
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Hello Everyone,
It’s Anchor the Bear here on HMS ENDURANCE. This is my second letter to you all after a very busy time at sea. We’ve just arrived in Salvador, which is in Brazil, and it’s very hot here. I imagine it’s getting cold at home in the U.K. but where we are it never gets cold, they never have frost or snow and most of the land is covered in tropical rainforest. I’m hoping to get out and see some more of this country later as we are here for three days before we continue south. During our last section of the voyage between Madeira and Salvador I have been very busy. I’ve been working with the Chef’s in the Galley, which is what they call the Kitchen when you are on a Ship. We have had to keep the people on the ship fed by providing three meals a day for all 120 people on Endurance. To do this we need to store a lot of food so we don’t run out. Our fridges and freezers are enormous and they are located in a section of the ship called the Hold, which is a place where we store things on a ship. During the voyage we had some special meals as well. The first was when we had a barbecue on the back of the ship, a place called the Quarter Deck. The Officers did all the cooking for everyone so the Chefs could have a night off and it was really great, although I don’t think they did as good a job as I do in the Galley! We also celebrated Trafalgar night, which is to honour Lord Nelson, the most famous man in the history of the Navy. The last section of our voyage has also been very special because we crossed the Equator, this is the line that runs around the middle of the Earth and is the hottest place in the world. Everywhere on Earth has its own climate and people use this word to describe the pattern of weather in a particular place. Places near the Equator have a tropical climate. This means they are hot all year round. Near the North and South Poles, the climate is always cold. In between, there are places that have a temperate climate. This means the weather here is rarely very hot or very cold. Wherever people live, they have to adapt to the climate to cope with it. How do you cope with the climate where you live? I’m going to have to wear lots of very warm clothes to keep out the freezing cold in Antarctica.
As we were passing the Equator, we saw lots of wildlife including whales and flying fish that jump out of the water as the ship passes, this was really fun to see. I will write to you all again soon. I am going to be working on the Bridge next which is where we drive the ship from, I’m really looking forward to that and I look forward to hearing from all of you too. Goodbye for now. Yours aye, Anchor.
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