The Arctic and Antarctic regions are home to some of the coldest and unapproachable landscapes in existence‚ making them the two of the most underdeveloped areas known to man. While located at the two extremes of the Earth‚ both the North Pole and South Pole play a similar and important role in the balance of our planet. The North Pole is located at the highest point in the globe‚ and is one of two axis points that the Earth rotates on. It has no land mass and consists only of ice‚ which constantly
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In Antarctica‚ there is an ocean called the Southern Ocean that mostly surrounds Antarctica. Antarctica is very big and is mostly covered in ice sheets and icebergs. Antarctica has cold currents affecting Commonwealth Bay to be windy. In the ocean‚ salt squeezes the ice‚ creating lots of dense water. In Commonwealth Bay‚ the water at the bottom is very cold and is an important part of the ocean circulation system. Slide; 9 Moving water moves with force‚ and changes the land.Moving water shapes
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------------------------------------------------- Geography of Antarctica The geography of Antarctica is dominated by its south polar location and‚ thus‚ by ice. The Antarctic continent‚ located in the Earth’ssouthern hemisphere‚ is centered asymmetrically around the South Pole and largely south of the Antarctic Circle. It is surrounded by the southern waters of the World Ocean – alternatively (depending on source)‚ it is washed by the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean or the southernPacific‚ Atlantic
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Why Polly is the MVP of Surviving Antarctica Where would we be without Strong Leaders ? We may be just fine‚ or we may be drifting through life‚ without proper direction‚ purpose‚ and an understanding of life‚ we might make poor decisions simply because we don’t have an example to follow. Another name for them could be an MVP‚ or Most Valuable Player‚ they put their singular needs aside‚ and focus on others as if they were their own‚ they rally people together for a common cause‚ this
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What is the future of Antarctica? The fifth biggest continent in the world and 10% of its total land area is being destroyed simply because of humans. Antarctica‚ one of the last truly untouched wildernesses is slowly becoming just like the rest of the world‚ should we let it happen or should we do something about it? 17 species of penguins currently inhabit Antarctica with over 50 million of the different species. Many countries take interest in Antarctica for different reasons whether it is
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Antarctica can be seen as the world’s largest laboratory. Science is one of the most important reasons as to why we venture into this barren desert‚ and we have made and continue to make important scientific discoveries in the Antarctic. We have made discoveries like: How the atmosphere and the oceans ‘work’ and how they are linked‚ how much Antarctica has moved etc. Old explorers like made the first journeys across the vast continent and became ingrained into history books for doing so. Captain
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Antarctica is seen as a remote‚ cold‚ and desolate region. While this thinking may be justified‚ it can lead to some false assumption. An assumption one could make is that Antarctica has no economy. This assumption disregards the various human activities that take place on Antarctica. The main activities in Antarctica are tourism‚ fishing‚ and scientific research projects. These activities form the basis of Antarctica’s economy and prove that Antarctica does‚ in fact‚ have an economy. The question
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globe are notoriously difficult to locate‚ but one is Antarctica. For this reason‚ it is critical to protecting Antarctica and the method used is the Antarctica Treaty. The Antarctica Treaty of 1959‚ ratified in 1961 was first considered by the United States of America in 1948‚ nevertheless‚ at this point‚ the treaty would have been unsuitable because of the political instability of the time. The reduced amount of knowledge of the Antarctica Treaty is due to the inadequate protection and its age
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During various researches in the Antarctica‚ scientists have discovered a large crack in the ice. They are keeping a close eye on the ever-growing crack in an Antarctica ice shelf that will eventually lead to the iceberg’s formation. Although the detachment of these ice shelves is a natural process‚ scientists have observed that the iceberg that will come off will be larger than usual. The most important thing now is to analyze the causes and evolution of the crack in the face of the possibility
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Antarctica is a continent which is rich in minerals but due to the Antarctic treaty mining has been banned from this area. I strongly agree that people should not mine this area for many reasons. They include‚ breakdown of peace‚ destruction of the environment‚ no major gain for the world‚ it would encourage disputes between the countries who have claimed a piece of Antarctica and it is against the laws of the treaty. Firstly‚ Antarctica is the one and only continent in the world which has never
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