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2008 Extreme Team Correspondents

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Jeff Little

Jeff Little
Chief Engineer
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Read the questions submitted by our participating school's students and the Extreme 2008 Team members answers they have provied below.

 

QUESTION:

What kind of organisms have you seen on this expedition so far?

Student Name:Ruchira
State:NC Country: USA


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How is this expedition different from the other expeditions u have done?

Student Name:Jazmin S.
State:NC Country: USA


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How much room do you guys have in the Alvin? Do you ever get claustrophobic?

Student Name:B. C.
State:NC Country: USA


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QUESTION:

Is it interesting seeing all the cool creatures and the smokers?

Student Name:Cameron D.
State:MO Country: USA


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What's your worst fear out at sea?

Student Name:Cheyenne R.
State:MO Country: USA


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While you are on the ship do you get time to communicate with your family back home, or do you even have a way to communicate with them?

Student Name:Reece Milligan
State:MO Country: USA


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Is it fun on the expedition?

Student Name:Kasy Martin
State:MO Country: USA


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What is the hardest thing about going to sea?

Student Name:Cheyenne V.
State:MO Country: USA


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QUESTION:

Does everyone get along on the boat?

Student Name:Dylan M.
State:MO Country: USA


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QUESTION:

What's the pressure like down there.

Student Name:Carleigh
State:NV Country: USA


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QUESTION:

What is the temperature at the bottem of the ocean?

Student Name:Cody
State:MO Country: USA


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QUESTION:

How much space do you have in your rooms on the Atlantis?

Student Name:Kiersten B.
State:MO Country: USA


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QUESTION:

How cold does it get in the Alvin once it is finally at the bottom of the ocean?

Student Name:Jake
State:MO Country: USA


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QUESTION:

What food do you eat when you are down in the Alvin?

Student Name:Kyrah S.
State:MO Country: USA


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QUESTION:

What is a submersible?

Student Name:Chris H.
State:MO Country: USA


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QUESTION:

What is it like being on the Atlantis?

Student Name:Conner G.
State:MO Country: USA


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QUESTION:

Have the crew discovered any animals or plants on this trip?

Student Name:Alexus
State:MO Country: USA


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QUESTION:

What's the deepest Alvin can safely go down?

Student Name:jacob
State:WA Country: USA


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What's the weirdest animal you've seen on this trip so far?

Student Name:Julia S
State:PA Country: USA


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QUESTION:

Are submersibles environmentally friendly? How are they powered?

Student Name:Evana D.
State:PA Country: USA


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QUESTION:

Do you like what you do?

Student Name:Arin
State:WA Country: USA


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QUESTION:

Will the new submersible be bigger and better than Alvin? Will it hold more people, more oxygen and be able to stay underwater longer?

Student Name:Sherman 4020
State:MO Country: USA


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QUESTION:

Does anyone know how many different kinds of creatures live in the ocean?

Student Name:Kimberly G.
State:NEWZEALAND Country: New Zealand


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How many different places have you been to for research missions?

Student Name:Dakota C.
State:NEWZEALAND Country: NZ


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QUESTION:

Hi what is it like to be an underwater marine biologist? What is the most deadliest shark in the ocean? What are the most common fish in the waters of the world?

Student Name:Dakota Craig
State:NEWZEALAND Country: New Zealand


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QUESTION:

If you stand on the East Pacific Rise would it blow up if you were standing on a soft part? Or if you pealed of a part of the rock would it blow up? Thanks

Student Name:Aleisha Haworth
State:NEWZEALAND Country: NZ


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An educational program sponsored by:

National Science Foundation
University of Delaware
The University of Waikato
University of Southern California
University of Colorado
University of North Carolina
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
J. Craig Venter Institute
Mo Bio Laboratories Inc.
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