Kaitlin





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This is my Antarctica Writing. **//__The Big Adventure.__//** **//__Chapter 1__//** Sally the Seal was sitting in her rocking chair, sipping hot fish soup as there was a knock on the door. “Hello, my name is Fred. I am looking for a job, may I speak to you”. Sally slowly opened the door and to her shock there before her stood a big Polar Bear. She immediately shut the door as Fred tried to put his foot in the way. Screaming, Sally shouted “go away you horrible creature”! “Are you sure Madame”? “Yes. Of course I am”. “Ok. Goodbye”. Fred slowly walked off to the next igloo while Sally stood trembling and stumbled back to her seat. She quickly rang Polly the Penguin to tell her the traumatising story. “Polly, its Sally here. I just had a Polar Bear knock on my door and asked me if I had a job he could have”. “Are you ok Sally”? “Yes, I’m fine; I was just ringing to tell you to let nobody called Fred in, because that is the Polar Bear’s name”. “Thanks for ringing Sally. I will be careful, and make sure you look after yourself, ok?” “Yes. I will Polly. Goodbye”. “Bye”.

“Well that was so traumatic, I think I will go for an afternoon swim” Sally said to herself. “I will just get my bathers on and then I will go”. So after she had her bathers on she went out the door, locked it behind her and slid off down to the water. What she didn’t know was that Fred and his family were also going for a swim. Fred’s cubs must have only been 2 months old so they could not swim. But one of the cubs had a different idea.

While Bobs parents and older sister where swimming, Sophie, Bob’s twin sister was starting to cry. Bob was calling his parents but they could not hear him, so he jumped blindly into the freezing water. Since Bob was only 2 months old he could not swim. With his loud cries for help Sally heard him and started to swim towards him. Bob was slowly sinking so Sally had to dive deep to get underneath him to lift him up but she managed to. Fred, and his wife, Amber where quickly swimming towards them as Sally was lifting Bob up onto the ice. Amber was shouting “thank you so much for saving my baby”. “No problem” Sally said. Fred leaned over Sally and she shouted “please don’t eat me”. “Why would I eat you? I was going to give you a big hug to say thank you for saving my son”. “Oh, well that’s ok. Now, what was that job you were talking about this morning”? “Umm, well I need a job. I was thinking about offering to catch fish throughout the winter”. “That’s a wonderful idea, if you do that I will hire you right now”. “Well that’s great, so am I hired or not”? “On the conditions that you don’t eat me, you take what I offer and will look after that little Bob better”. “Of course” replied Fred. “Well I’d better be off, goodbye”. “Bye and thank you for saving Bob”. “You’re welcome”.

Slipping and sliding back to her igloo, not going for her swim after all, Sally was thinking to herself how kind Fred and his family were. “I must ring Polly and tell her not to worry” Sally said to herself. She was inside the house just as the phone rang and it was Polly. “Hello?” “Hello Sally, Polly here, I just saw you talking to um, um, Fred that’s right. Is everything ok”? “Yes thank you Polly. I have just hired him”. “Hired him”? “Yes. He will catch my fish for me in the winter and he won’t eat me because I saved his cub, Bob, from drowning”. “That’s amazing” Polly said. “Yes it is isn’t it”? “Well I better get going. I’m off to meet Wally the Walrus for dinner down at the edge of the water. Goodbye Sally”. “Bye Polly”. Sally thought to herself “I’m getting really tired I think I am going to go to bed”. So off she went and as soon as her head hit the pillow she fell asleep.

The next morning Sally woke up to the sound of the phone. “Yes” she answered with her eyes still shut. “Sally. Polly told me what you did with that Polar Bear cub. I am so glad it didn’t drown, but are you crazy hiring that Fred” Wally shouted down the phone? “No. He seemed like such a nice gentlemen, and now I can have you around for lunch more often because I will have more fish to cook”. “That’s right. But he could still eat you”! “I know. But I know that he won’t. Well at least I hope he won’t”. “Well I have to get going Sally, but take care and make sure that bear doesn’t eat you”. “I will. Bye” Sally said.

Sally was sitting down to lunch just as there was a loud nock on the door. “Come in its open”. “I would if I could, but I’m a bit big”. “Oh, Fred it’s you, I’ll be there in just a second”. “Ok” Fred replied. Sally opened the door to find the Polar Bear standing starring at the door. “Hello. Just leave them there and I will put them in the fridge. Thank you. I will recommend you to all of my friends”. “Bye Sally”. “Bye Fred, and please say hi to Bob and everybody else for me”. “I will”. Sally pulled the fish in and placed them in the fridge carefully eating one every now and then. She rang Polly and Wally and invited them for dinner.

Dinner went well and they were talking about Fred, and Polly decided she would hire him as well but Wally wouldn’t take a bar of it. Sally for no reason started packing her suitcase as if she were going to go somewhere. She packed lots of warm clothes and lots of canned fish. For some weird reason Wally the walrus came around. But for what, is the real question?

**//__A Big Decision.__//** Ring-ring, ring-ring, the doorbell rang as Sally the seal slid across the icy floor of her homemade igloo. She slowly opened the door as Wally the Walrus was just about to slide off. “Hello Wally, how are you today?” “I’m fine Sally, what about you?” “Good thanks. Why are you so gloomy today?” “Well to be honest I was going on a trip to the Arctic but I can’t anymore because Polly the Penguin can’t come because she is sick.” “But Wally we are in the Arctic, do you mean Antarctica?” “Umm yes I do mean Antarctica. I get confused sometimes.” “Don’t we all” said Sally. “Come in and have hot fish soup with me for lunch.” “That sounds lovely. Thank you.” “Did I tell you I have hired a Polar Bear to catch all of my fish for me in the winter” Sally asked? “Yes. How is that going for you?” “It’s great. We have an agreement that if he brings me more fish than I need he takes some home for his family, and he doesn’t eat me because I once saved one of his cubs from drowning a few days ago.” “That’s good, and by the way I already knew that.” “Oh, sorry. So tell me more about your trip to the Artic, woops, sorry I mean Antarctica.” “Polly and I were going to go to Antarctica and then Polly got this terrible cold so she can’t come.” “Why were you going to go to Antarctica anyway?” “Well we have been cooped up here for so long that we needed to get away. We were going to explore Mount Erebus, Scott Base and so many other places. I am very disappointed.” “Why don’t you still go?” “Because Polly isn’t going and I don’t want to go by myself, by the way this soup is divine.” “Thank you it is isn’t it, anyway you can still go.” “No I can’t, I will be so lonely.” Sally gave him a slight nudge. “What was that for” he said rudely. “When are you planning on going?” “We were meant to leave tomorrow.” “Guess what, I’m not doing anything for a few months, why don’t we go together?” “That’s a great idea, but you won’t have time to pack.” Sally pulled out the suitcase she had already packed, gave Wally a little smile and said “I already am packed.” “Ok” said Wally “I will be here around 8:30 so be ready, we will leave for Antarctica at 9:00” “Ok, goodbye Wally. See you tomorrow” “Bye, and thank you for the soup it was delicious. Keep that polar bear on for a least another month.” “I will, goodbye see you tomorrow.” Wally slid off into the distance as Sally went back inside to pack extra warm clothes for her journey to Antarctica. Ring-ring, ring-ring went Sally’s doorbell smack on 8:30. “It’s Wally, let me in please it is freezing out here”? “Just a minute” Sally replied. “Ok, it’s open come in now.” “I’m so excited about going to Antarctica” Wally shouted. “So am I” said Sally. “Well it’s nearly 9.00, we’d better get going or otherwise we might miss the pool of other seals and Walruses. “Ok” Sally mumbled. “Are you ok Sally”? “Yes. Why”? “You are so quiet”. “Yes I am just thinking about what to do with all of these fish in my freezer”. She opened up the freezer and there was fish full up to the rim. “Oh my goodness” Wally said. “I might just ring Fred the Polar Bear and see if he would like them.” “Hello Fred its Sally here.” “Hi Sally, how are you?” “I’m fine how are you?” “Good thanks.” “I was wondering whether you would like all of my fish as my friend Wally and I are going to Antarctica for a holiday and I do not want the fish to go off.” “That’s lovely Sally. Yes please. I will be over in about 5 minutes.” “Bye”. 5 minutes later, thud thud, thud there was an almighty crash on the door as a big voice said “Hi Sally it’s me. I have come to collect the fish.” Sally opened the door and a great big Polar Bear stood 2 meters tall, having to crouch down to see Sally. “Here they are” Sally said as she hauled them out of her freezer. “Thank you Sally”. “You’re welcome” she replied. “Have fun in Antarctica” he said. “We will, thank you. Say hi to your wife and kids for me”. “I will. Bye”. Turning around Sally found Wally cowering in the corner of the igloo. “Is he gone yet”? “Yes he is”. “I wasn’t scared or anything I was checking to see umm umm if the corners had cobwebs in them or not. Haha”. “Sure you were.” “I was.” “Ok, fine then.” “Well, are we ready to go now?” “I think we are” Sally answered. “Look, it’s all of the other animals” Sally commented “Yeesss” Wally stuttered. Sally glanced around and was surprized to see Fred standing behind them. “Hello Fred how funny to see you here” Sally said. “Yes” said Fred. “Oops, there’s our water boarding we have to go now Sally”. “Ok” said Sally. “Nice meeting you Wally” Fred said. “You too”. Wally stuttered. “Goodbye Fred” Sally said. “Last boarding for seals and walruses to Antarctica”. “Coming” yelled Wally, frightened he would miss it. They dove into the water and everything went pitch black. “Sally, Sally” a faint cry could be heard a few meters away. “Yes, I’m here Wally” shouted Sally. “What a relief said Wally, I thought I’d lost you.” After a while, Sally asked “how much longer until we get there?” “Well it’s a fast current and we have been gliding with it for about 7 hours, so I estimate about another 7 hours” said Wally. “Gosh it is a long way, I am very tired” said Sally. “Did you know that it usually takes humans about 3 days to get to Antarctica from the Arctic” Wally asked? “No I didn’t. I am going to go back to sleep now”. Everything went pitch black. The feel of the icy water woke Sally and Wally up from their 2 hour nap as the current started to change and they had to start to swimming more strongly. “I am so looking forward to going to Antarctica and looking around all of the places.” Wally said. “So am I” replied Sally. “Where should we go first?” asked Wally. “Um, what about Mount Erebus?” said Sally. “That’s a great idea” said Wally. “With all of this talking, I think about an hour has gone by” Sally commented. “Probably” Wally said. “I am tired I think I am going to have to go back to sleep again”. “Me too” replied Wally. So even though they had to swim against the current, they slowly dozed off. All of the other seals and walruses were awake and the only reason Sally and Wally were able to sleep was because they were at the front of the group and the other animals were pushing them against the current. 3 hours later they slowly woke up as floating icebergs started to cover the water. “I think there is about another hour before we get there” said Wally. “Great” Sally replied. “And then we can go back home” “Yes” Sally said. “Anyway, I wonder how Polly is. I hope she is feeling better now” said Wally. “I’m sure she is Wally” Sally said. “We can bring her back some Antarctic fish.” “Thank you, I’m sure she would enjoy that” Wally said. “Oh, look up ahead Sally, its Mount Erebus” shouted Wally. “It is too, how exciting” said Sally. “Did you know that Mount Erebus is currently the most active Volcano in Antarctica and is the current eruptive zone of the Erebus hotspot? The summit contains persistent convecting phonolitic lava lakes on Earth. “Mrs Know It All” snorted Wally. “No I’m not” Sally replied rudely. “We are nearly there” said Wally. “Look at all of these starfish down here Wally” said Sally. “There are so many and half of them are dead”. “Sally, is that a whale over there”? “Yes that’s William the Whale”. “How do you know him” “I meet him the Artic about a year ago. Hi William. How are you”? “I’m fine Sally how about you and what are you doing down here”? “My friend Wally and I are coming down here to get away from everything. We are going to see Mount Erebus and Scott Base on Ross Island”. “That’s wonderful” said William. “Have to go”. “Bye” Sally said. “Sally, you have so many friends that would usually eat seals and walruses but they don’t because you have done something for them in your life”. Wally said “That’s right, but some of them are just old family friends because my parents have done something for them”. “Ok. Look there is the base of Mount Erebus” Wally said. “Yay. We are there” cried Sally. Slipping and sliding out of the water onto the ice, you could hear Mount Erebus rumbling. “Was that your stomach rumbling Wally”? “No” Sally said. They looked up at the tall Mountain and started to shake. “You know Wally; we are going to be sliding up there today”. “I know. I hope it doesn’t erupt”. “It won’t” Sally replied. “Did you know that mount Erebus is actually on Ross Island” Sally Asked? “No we didn’t they all shouted”. “Oh, ok. Well it is anyway”. “Well we better get going if we want to reach the top by this afternoon” Wally said. “Yes”. “Let’s get going Sally”. “Yes” said Sally. So as they started slipping and sliding up the mountain, Mount Erebus was still rumbling. “Wally, did you know that Mount Erebus is the most active volcano in Antarctica”? “Yes Sally, you did tell me earlier”. “Oh Sorry” Sally said. As Sally and Wally were climbing the mountain with all of their talking they were already ¼ of the way up the mountain. As sad as it is, Wally was scared of heights so he could not look down to see how high they were. “Wally, did you know that, that was about 3 hours so the rest of the climb would possible be about 9 hours a total of 12 hours”. “Oh my gosh. That is so long. I’m glad you bought lots of food”. “So am I” Sally said. So there journey carried on as they got hire and hire up Mount Erebus and they soon grew too tired to carry on even though the top was only 1 hour away. They stooped on a ledge and feel asleep until the hot blast of the sun woke them up 3 hours later. “We better keep going or otherwise we will never get there” Sally said. “Your right” Wally replied. So they slowly carried on up the mountain until at last they were at the top and they were ready to explore the volcano. They were now at the top of the volcano and were starting to explore the volcanic action and then suddenly it started to rumble. “Sally, please tell me that was your stomach”. “Sorry Wally, I wish I could to but it wasn’t me”. “Sally, I’m starting to slip down. Help”! “So am I Wally. I think it is going to be a quick slide down”. “So do I”. “Look out down below” they shouted and everybody moved aside. They were nearly at the bottom, but what they didn’t realise was that there was another group of other animals coming up and they were knocked right down to the bottom again. As soon as they got to the bottom with everybody else, they all started screaming sorry because they knocked them down to the bottom. They warned everybody not to go to the top because they will do the same thing that Sally and Wally did. Let’s start climbing that other mountain so we can go and look at Scott Base. Sally started to talk again. She knew everything about Scott base and that when you get to the top of the hill you can slide down the other side. Let’s get going or we will never get there. So they started their journey to Scott Base. With Sally there, everybody knew everything about Scott Base like, it has been New Zealand’s permanent base in Antarctica since 1959. The base provides services and accommodation for the many research parties and groups to visit Antarctica during the summer. Antarctica New Zealand is the Crown Entity responsible for developing, managing and executing New Zealand Government activities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, in particular the Ross Dependency. Antarctica New Zealand manages Scott Base, New Zealand’s Antarctica research station, and she went on and on and by the time she was finished they were nearly there. When they got there they explored it but they found nothing interesting so they decided to go to their hotel igloos and have a good night sleep. The next morning Sally woke up and yelled out to Wally “I had a strange dream that we didn’t go home now we carried on travelling around the world”. “Well that is odd” Wally said wearily. “You know Wally we could do that and go around the world”. She jumped out of her bed and started ranting about how good her idea was and that they should really do it and go to Alaska and Iceland and so many other places. Wally sat up in bed and said “that’s actually not a bad idea Sally. We could go to New Zealand and see so many things”. “I will go and ring Polly and tell her that we are not coming home and whether she could tell Fred not to catch her anymore fish until I ring him”. So Sally went and rang Polly and Polly said that is wonderful. So Sally and Wally went back to bed to get a good rest before there big journey around the world.
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**//__Seatoun Beach__//** So finally they made their decision where they were going to go next, they chose New Zealand and from what their friends said Seatoun Beach is the place you want to be. With this decision, 2 other seals decided to go with Sally and Wally. Their names were, Sophia and Shane. So as the other groups headed back to the Arctic Sally, Wally, Sophia and Shane carried on up to Seatoun Beach in Wellington. It should take them about 5 hours to get to the beach, and they have restarted their journey. So they jumped into the water and started to swim
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