Inuvik (May 14/04) - For Samuel Hearne students Daniel Fehr and Katie Doyle, not even a collapsed roof at school can stop their quest to the Canadian National Science Fair.

Both Fehr and Doyle will represent Inuvik at the competition to be held in St. John's, Nfld., this week.

"We've done so much work so I was pretty sure we'd find a way to continue," said Fehr at Aurora College last Friday, where teachers Clint Surry and Jason King were able to secure some computer time for the pair of SHSS science ambassadors.

As for Doyle, she felt confident that her teacher would come through.

"I was a little bit worried, but I knew there was other places we could work," she said.

On Friday, Doyle was putting the finishing touches on her project, which illustrates the electricity potential of potatoes, oranges and lemons.

According to Fehr's teacher Mr. Surrey, keeping the national science fair students rolling towards their goal is merely the tip of the workload-iceberg that became significantly bigger for SHSS teachers since the school's roof collapsed and the building was closed last week.

"With much of the (course) material still inside the building, many teachers are busy trying to get things together so students can work at home," Surry said.