QUESTION:  
What is the water temperature (in and around Palmer Station)?

        Miss Petterson's 4th Grade Class
        Challenger Elmentary, Thief River Falls, MN


ANSWER from Randy Sliester, Palmer Station, Antarctica
            Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 11:56:20 -0500

The water temp here averages - 1.8 c or -  28.5 f and the 
reason that it does not all freeze solid is the salinity of the water.

Regards Randy Sliester
Palmer Station Boating Coordinator