2. S.O.S. ACE PROJECT SEPTEMBER 2012-NOVEMBER 2012 Sydnie Rogers

3. Found at 18°N, 69°W

4. Last Seen: Ottawa, Canada

5. Clue #1 1.Bottle Analysis: The soil sample in the bottle shows a lot of damage from glaciers. There are also some rock samples from very ancient rocks, probably some of the oldest on earth.

6. Clue #1 2. Recovered Text : They found a washed away writing on the message. It said “It’s cold here! We regularly see icebergs floating by.” “There is an incredible number of small islands around us, I hope you will be able to find us.”

7. Clue #2 1.Bottle Analysis: There was little plant material in the soil. We did find some hay. There was a wooly fiber stuck to the sample of hay and we found out that it was from a lamb.

8. Clue #2 2.Recovered Text: “We are having a terrible time growing anything to eat except for some potatoes. There aren’t any forest around here either.” “The warmest it got here was about 50° and that was only for a couple of weeks. Last summer the sun was out for 24 hours, but nothing had time to grow.”

9. Clue #3 1.Bottle Analysis: There was some evidence of animals in the bottle sample. There were fish scales from a salmon. There were also small traces of manure from a musk ox.

10. Clue #3 2. Recovered Text: “There are so many amazing animals here. Some are fun to watch like the walruses and seals. We even saw a couple of whales swimming close off the beach. I think one was a humpback. The second one we saw was huge--- maybe 80 feet long!” “Some animals worry us, though, like the huge polar bear that wandered into our camp last night.”

11. Clue #4 1.Recovered Text: There was a lot of damage to the bottom of the note. However, using several techniques we were able to recover the following text. “Using a crude sundial we were able to figure our approximate latitude. It is 64°.” “Please find us soon! We look up at the North Star each night and hope that it will guide you rescue ship to us.”

12. News Flash A chip from an antler of a male reindeer.

13. News Flash We can only surmise that they were viewing the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). The family claimed the northern sky was filled with colorful images.

14. Located At Canada