13/02/2018 Newsround

Morning, I'm Ricky.

And this is Newsround.

First up, and most importantly,

today is Shrove Tuesday!

And that means pancakes!

Here's our guide to making

some flipping good ones!

Feeling peckish this Pancake Day?

We've got you covered.

Grab your ingredients...

Get sieving.

Break your eggs into the mixture.

Now mix it all together.

Keep mixing.

Add some to your pancake mixture.

Mmm!

And don't forget to eat one...

Or two, or three!

I love pancakes!

Lemon and sugar every time!

Now time to check in on what's been

happening at the Winter

Olympics in PyeongChang.

American snowboarding

superstar Chloe Kim won gold

in the women's half-pipe.

The 17-year-old, whose parents

are from South Korea,

claimed victory with a huge score

of 98.25 out of 100.

Short-track speed skater

Elise Christie is back

in action later this morning.

She is one of Britain's best

chances of a gold medal

at this year's games.

The quarter finals in

the women's 500 metres gets

underway at 10 o'clock.

And the windy weather in South Korea

is continuing to cause

problems for some sports.

This was a Russian athlete

crashing out in the combined

alpine skiing event.

Good news is that he is OK!

Sticking with winter sports

and how cool is this -

children at this school

in Worcestershire get

to spend their lunch

hour learning to ski!

Not many of us get to have that

much fun on our break!

Plus they're all fans

of the Winter Olympics.

Let's take a look.

I feel quite lucky, because not very

many schools actually have a ski

slope to learn how to ski on.

It's really unique to the school,

and it's really fun.

Wouldn't have, probably,

skied if the school

hadn't had a ski slope.

You can come at lunch

times and practice.

One day I'd really like to compete

in the Winter Olympics.

I like the figure skating

because it's, like, really beautiful

and it's like dancing.

I'm looking forward

to watching the half pipe.

I love all the stunts and tricks.

I think Team GB are going

to win about 30 medals.

Five golds.

Eight gold medals.

Now, what weighs one trillion tonnes

and is a quarter the size of Wales

and four times bigger than London?

Well, there's a massive

clue right behind me...

Let's find out why scientists

are so interested.

This is the first video

of a massive iceberg which broke

off from the continent

of Antarctica last year.

The British Antarctic Survey has

captured the footage of the berg,

which is called A-68.

A-68 is one of the biggest

icebergs ever recorded,

but it only made up 10% of the ice

shelf it left behind.

It weighs one trillion tonnes

and is around 200 metres thick.

It measures over 6000 square

kilometres, that's four times

the size of London and a quarter

of the size of Wales.

The video's been released as a team

of scientists get ready

for an urgent mission.

They are going to spend three

weeks investigating life

underneath the ice shelf.

What's beneath has been hidden

for up to 120,000 years.

It was only exposed when the giant

iceberg drifted away.

It's an urgent mission because it

might change as sunlight starts

to alter the surface of the sea.

They'll collect sea

animals, microbes,

plankton and water samples.

New species are also likely to be

discovered - now that's cool!

Cheers for watching.

I'm back at around 8:20am.