My Oscars-style acceptance speech of my luvverly new art book.......

Yay - another blog!!!!
Right, will keep this short and sweet
I, natalie jade sutton, would sincerely wish to thank Mr. R Groom and the art depertment due to the fact that he and his luvverly colleagues have just kindly provided me with a luvverly new art book to take to the arctic with me so now I can also practise my observational skills - maybe it's a slight hint?!?!?!? lol! Yeah neway, WE LUV U ART DEPT!!!!!! (we luv evry1 dont we?!?!?!? lol!)
OMg this is turnin in2 sum kind of oscars speech n i sed dat i'd keep it short and sweet didn't i?
I am currently multi-tasking - i am blogging away happily @ Mrs. B (aka Ribby)'s laptop as my computer is still down.
Drama!!!
Anyway, yes, multi-tasking i am also talking 2 my 2 delightful friendy ppl Jess and Emma AND listening to Ribby @ same time. HOW IMPRESSIVE IS DAT! LOL! As Mrs b would say: cool beans!!! lol!
C u guys l8r!!!!
Mwah! luv u all!!!!!
XxxxXxxxX
PS please comment!!!! AND PUBLICISE!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and there was ANOTHER bday yesterday - Ribby's nan!
I actually am gonna go now!!
Byeeeee!!!!!

Right - blog. hmmmm................
Well, we r sat in r french class (obviously wiv r teacher's permission - WE LUV U MRS LEA!!!!!
currently desperately trying 2 get hold of bits of equipmet - i really wish i was shorter sumtimes! lol!
Oh well, i aint da only 1 - mich aint completely organised either
We have now made r blog addy public n av been inundated wiv comments and we r in REAL demand (mostly from r teachers - but theres nothing wrong wiv dat)
Next point i must get off my chest - aaron get well soon!<
Mwah c u all l8r!!!
(R classe de francais r now loggin off da computas so i gotta go!!!
Byeeeee!
mwah!!!! luv y'all!!
xxxxxxx

Jst a lil afterthought:::
we would all luv 2 say a big hi 2 mr. dymock hu is r tek teacher n he rox
AND Mrs. Toni Sambrook hu is havin a Mega-fantabulous bday 2day n is not goin 2 get drunk 2nite because it is her son's bday as well - he is 7 - she told me!!!
AND also 2 Miss Catherine O'Brien (I hope thats her name anyway!!!) who is also celebrating her bday 2day!!!
We hope you all have a really gr8 day (who is also not going 2 get drunk 2nite - she is saving it til saturday!!! lol!)
Hope u all had a really gr8 day n also ne1 else who happens 2 b readin this 2day
N a BIG BIG BIG thanku 2 mrs sambrook hu let me boro her laptop 2 upd8 this blog because my computer has completely busted itself (n no, it wasn't me hu broke it bcos pl probs fink that because i wld like 2 reiter8 the fact that i am not technically gifted nor minded! lol!
Luv u all!!!!!!!!!
mwah!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

2 Weeks 6 Days!!!!

OMG JUST LOOK @ DIS ITINERARY!!! (i av finally learnt how 2 spell it!!! I am SOOOOOO proud of me!!!)
How amazing is this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not 2 rub it in or anything!!! Speshly 4 those of u hu weren't quite lucky enuff 2 go. lol! Right, preparations going OK.....ish...... still 2 get: waterproof trousers, sunglasses, old trainers, thermal stuff etcetera, ETCETERA..... UMMM, yeah.
OMG RITE!!!!! WE GET 2 DO A PODCAST!!!!! how amazingly fantabulously supercalifragilisticexpiallidociously technically, SUPERBLY random!!!!

The itinerary for the trip will be as follows*:

July 4th Wednesday
Depart from London Airport pm and arrive Longyearbyen late pm

July 5th Thursday
Morning visit to Svalbard Museum

Environmental project around Longyearbyen and training on blogging for schools

July 6th Friday
Safety programme with UNIS including firearms safety and what to do if encountering a polar bear.

July 7th Saturday
Morning: Environmental project on glaciers around Longyearabyen.

Afternoon 'Crisis on Ice' with local guides and board boat for night sail to Ny Alesund.

July 8th Sunday
Arrive Ny-Alesund for briefing, tour of research park and briefings with scientists to set environmental projects for teams. Dinner with international scientist teams and presentations on Long Acre Polar Project and Kronenberg Glacier.

July 9th Monday
Breakfast on board and visit to Krossfjord Glacier and Virgehamber, a 17th Century Whaling Station.

Far Haren view where Nelson encountered polar bear 1773.

Sail further north overnight.

July 10th Tuesday
Breakfast on board and arrive at pack ice at 81° latitude.

Morning: explore pack ice with smaller boats.

Afternoon; sail to Moffen Island to see walrus colony and on to Liefdefjord to see reindeer breeding grounds and (with any luck) polar bears a at the Moarchbreen glacier view.

Sail back to Ny Aysen.

July 11th Wednesday
Morning: arrive in Ny-Alysen to report on findings of the trip.

Sail back to Longyearbyen.

July 12th Thursday
Breakfast on board and disembark Longyearbyen for glacier study with UNIS.

July 13th Friday
Dog sledding and sight seeing tour of Longyearbyen.

July 14th Saturday
Early morning flight to Oslo for visit to the Fram Museum and early evening flight back to London, Heathrow.

July 16th Monday
Back 2 Wildern, tell miss broadribb bout it, show her da video n relive da adventure!!!!! (see, told ya i wd!)

3 weeks and 1 day!!!!

How cool is this!!!!! Don'tcha just lurrrve this photo??? I luv it!!! This is our Nature's Angels Team! From left to right we have::: Michelle Dorrington, who is so clever it is unnatural, Ellouise Marsh, who is so imaginative it is unnatural, Me who is so arty it is unnatural and at the bottom you have Tom Channell, who is so technical it is unnatural. So.... as you can see, we are a pretty weird bunch (but hey - there's nothing wrong with being weird, now, is there?!?!?!?!?! lol!) Especially when it wins you a once in a lifetime trip to the arctic!!! I'm sure you will all be COMPLETELY DEVASTSTED to know that our preparations have suffered a MaJoR setback - I can't find any sunglasses that suit me!!!!! Buuuuuuuut apart from THAT, we're doing fine. Yay! OMG 3 weeks and 1 day!!! It's getting closer and closer - we really should be more organised, apart from Michelle who is abnormally organised with everything. Oh well, we can always dream, no, aspire (that's a much better word!) lol!
To any other winners who may be reading this, as Dan might say, happy blogging!!!!!
Still feels like it is ages away but it is creeping up on us!!! (oh well, there's still time to fit in a LITTLE more shopping b4 we go!!!) Actually really really really looking forward to it - we all are! BUT we are all really really really worried about the baggage restrictions!!! Oh well, I'm sure our hair straighteners will fit in somehow!!!
BBC breakfast and some of the regional press are also "following" us so we could be coming to your screens anytime soon! lol
mwah! luv y'all!!! :-) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

24 days to go!!!!

Hey Guys! Tali here (i luv using this blog!!!) We have, yet again, been shopping (cos we're not obsessed or anything.....! lol!) Finally been able to have a proper look at the itinery - O. M. G... - IT'S AMAZING!!! Can't wait to go and see the huskies; i think I might swap my 2 westies for one! lol! AND THE WALRUSES!!! Does anyone else find them really cute or is it just me????
Right, preparations are coming along splendidly. Been bombarded with requests to bring back souvenirs, the strangest one being a polar bear's whisker. Hmmmm....... Anyway, being the local celeb hasn't managed to bag me any freebies yet!!! Completely gutted. lol!
Just got some of my pictures developed from the finals day - yay! They didn't come out very well - boo! Thank God they had a professional photographer there! The one on the ice edge website's simply fantabulous! We all loved the finals day, it was V.V.V.V. nerve-wracking but I think the best thing must have been the lunches. (Jokes - although the lunches were very nice) We all enjoyed the competition as a whole and loved working as a team cos we all have different talents which, when put together, made us invincible!!!! I wish! But yeah, we love working together and had some real laughs along the way (mostly at my stupidity and clumsiness, but that's not the point!) with our MENTOR, Mrs. Katie Broadribb, who is fantastic - we LUV U MISS!!!
What did we learn from the competition? Well, we learnt all about the industry that we were researching, obviously, but the thing that has had the most impact on all of us is the damage that has already been done to our planet, and the consequences of the future if we don't do something now.
Update you again soon!
Luv y'all - MWAH!!!! :-)

4 Weeks & 1 Day!!!!

OMG!!!!!!! We are sooooooooooo excited!!!! We've been shopping ever since we found out (but then again, we never miss an excuse to go on a MASSIVE shopping spree!!! lol!)

When we got back no-one believed we had won and it took a few days to sink in! Since then we have been the local celebrities. The next day we went to the BBC Radio Solent studios and did a section live on air! It was an amazing experience and we were even treated to a look behind the scenes at the BBC South Today studios(we sat on Sally's sofa!!!!!). Also we were asked to write a press release for the Southern Daily Echo (which, as far as we know, has not yet been published!) and had pictures taken for an article on the front of the Hampshire Chronicle. Although there are the downsides - having to explain to absolutely EVERYONE exactly what we had done to enter and also about where we are going.(not that that's a bad thing.....!)

We have been looking up on the internet about Svalbard and about the whole experience and it looks FANTASTIC!!! We want to say a MASSIVE thank you to our Geography teacher Mrs Broadribb who introduced us to the competition, also helped us with our entry and organising everything!!
We are now really busy trying to focus on our environment group within school and both implementing recycling and creating a garden with herbs and possibly vegetables in the future!!!


Luv y'all!!!!!! mwah!!! x..Natures Angels..x.x