Competitions...

While we're on the topic of cold places...

Time is running out to get your entries in for the Ice Edge competition to win a trip to the Arctic! All you need to do is get a team of 2 -4 people together, and come up with an idea to save the planet... Click on the logo to find out more from the website, or come and see me in H5.

Young Geographer of the Year...
also has an environmental theme... Some great prizes up for grabs here as well... Scroll down to the post from 11th February to find out more. Rob Chambers has some useful links on his blog to help you get started... www.geobytesgcse.blogspot.com

Ordnance Survey World Map Competition
The Ordnance Survey are running a competition for students to design a world map with a theme... More details tomorrow...

Second warmest January since records began!

Despite that cold spell we had last week, the Met Office have announced today that this January's average temperature is 5.9oC - the second warmest January since UK-wide records began in 1914. According to the BBC website yellow roses have been blooming in Tyneside....

Thinking about it, it was rather odd that I had to chuck a daddy long-legs outside when I got home from school this evening... Not what you expect in January!

And while we're on the subject of global warming and climate change...
One of the four parcels I received today contained some impressive posters for the Ice Edge competition I mentioned a while back. The idea is that teams of 2-4 students come up with an interesting and original idea to save the planet... And if your idea's the best, you win a trip to the Arctic! HOW GREAT WOULD THAT BE?!

Check out the competition's website: http://www.iceedge.co.uk/docs/home.php and get your thinking caps on!! The competition's stiff - there are twice as many teams registered now as when I first posted about the competition... But if I know you lot, your ideas will be up there with the best of them!! Come and see me if you want to know any more...

Fancy a trip to the Arctic? For free?!

Yes... really! I've just spotted this competition on Tony Cassidy's blog.

The idea behind Ice Edge is that you enter a team of 2-4 people (aged 13-17) and come up with an idea to save the planet! Simple!

There are loads of ideas on the website to get you started, together with all the details of how to enter, and you've got until 16th March to get your ideas in.

Even if you don't fancy entering the competition, it's worth having a look at the website as there is lots of good stuff about the Arctic and climate change.