James Cook was a high ranking officer that played a major part in exploration which founded the Hawaiian islands and was one of the best explorers in the world. He went on many great expeditions to the Pacific ocean‚ Antarctic‚ New Zealand‚ Bering Strait‚ Australia‚ North America‚ and a few parts of Canada. Born on October 27‚ 1728 during the Colonial period and Age of Enlightenment(DISCovering Biography). At a young age James Cook did not do much of exploring. His father was a farmer and a small
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The volcanic islands known as the Galapagos Islands are found 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador and are home to the Galapagos penguins‚ the only species of penguins in the world to live north of the equator. Despite the common belief that penguins only live in the Arctic‚ the Galapagos Islands have temperatures that vary from 70-90º Fahrenheit over the course of the year. The distribution of these birds in their environment correlates with the “Cromwell Current‚ which provides cold nutrient-rich
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English One November 17‚ 2013 The Common Traveler For most the term traveler can be described as the adventurer‚ or to go to new exotic places frequently‚ or as the person who moves from place to place and never settles down. In order to track down a true traveler one has to seek out these common elements. To begin‚ one must determine what a traveler actually is. A good way to find out what a traveler is would be to look it up in the dictionary‚ ask a friend or do some research. A definition
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1 Title: The Marine Biome #2 Biome Description and Definition The Marine Biome is made of all the oceans in the world. It holds many diverse species in animals and plants and since it is so enormous‚ there is some species that have not been discovered yet. The ocean is a mysterious thing because it is different in each part of the world‚ the climate depends on the location and the location depends on what species are located in that part. Australia is home to the coral reef‚ where today it is
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A deep subsurface rock core for paleoclimate reconstruction was collected in October and November 2007 during the South McMurdo Sound Project (SMS) of the Antarctic Geological Drilling Program (ANDRILL). To allow for deeper penetration and more efficient core recovery‚ water-based saline drilling fluids were utilized. A total of 5.6x105 L of fluids was lost in the subsurface. The fluid was comprised of surface seawater from the sound‚ as the wetting agent mixed with densifying compounds (mainly potassium
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Name:_______________________ Date:________________________ Subject:______________________ Travel Brochure or Front Page Assignment (Instruction sheet) Objectives: Students will demonstrate ability to write a paragraph in Step-Up format Students will practice research skills in the media center Students will identify with and research information on a specific desert Students will describe characteristics of a desert Students will create travel page/brochure about a world desert Students
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Arctic sea ice loss Main articles: Polar ice packs and Climate change in the Arctic The decline in Arctic sea ice‚ both in extent and thickness‚ over the last several decades is further evidence for rapid climate change.[60] Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean surface. It covers millions of square miles in the polar regions‚ varying with the seasons. In the Arctic‚ some sea ice remains year after year‚ whereas almost all Southern Ocean or Antarctic sea ice melts away and reforms
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The Penguin Most people know what a penguin is‚ or they think they do. A Penguin is an awarded bird that lives in the Antarctic and always seems to be dressed for a formal event‚ or maybe he looks like a nutty little professor The Macaroni penguin my personal favorite. Actually‚ there is more to the penguin than we could ever realize. To give you a good understanding of the penguin‚ I will tell you three areas about them‚ The Habitat an Anatomy of the Penguin‚ How some are close to being endangered
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Darwina Matcham Engl 0103 Spring Dr.Rudolph Compare and Contrast While penguins are technically birds‚ they have many distinct attributes that set them apart from the much of the animal class Aves. Penguins thrive in many different climates including tropical and temperate zones. These animals can survive temperatures below -100 degrees Fahrenheit. Antarctic penguins have a three-tiered insulation system. First‚ they have feathers that act like tiles on a roof‚ with longer feathers
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Climate change‚ to put it simply‚ is a change in the world’s climate. In Al Gore’s documentary‚ An Inconvenient Truth‚ he talks about the dangers society faces from climate change. It is a slide show that Gore has presented over 1000 times worldwide. In this report‚ the keeling curve that Gore showed will be discussed and so will the glaciers‚ temperature‚ hurricanes‚ personal stories and the CO2. Figure [ 1 ] Figure [ 1 ] The Keeling Curve (Figure 1)‚ as Gore presented in the film‚ is a graph
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