extends towards increasingly exotic tourist locations‚ such as Antarctica‚ sustainability becomes all the more important. Thus ecotourism does have its advantages towards the environment. However‚ conflict can arise between different interest groups concerning debatable issues in ecotourism as opposing groups (such as environmentalists and scientists) have different interests as to how to go about with an extremely exotic area such as Antarctica. Greenpeace‚ the famous environment conservation company
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Is global warming a threat to polar and glacier ice? Global warming is a phenomenon whereby the earth’s average temperature increases. Global warming has a devastating effect on the Earth’s climate. Scientists are still studying global warming effects‚ and have not reached a consensus about what will happen in the future. The melting of the polar ice caps and global warming are getting more and more attention lately. If melting glaciers caused by global warming‚ or it is a natural process - at
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Because Antarctica is a "polar" region‚ there is little precipitation‚ it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world’s driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain. A desert is defined as an area of low and irregular rainfall‚ no permanent surface water and no substantial vegetation. Yes‚ because there is very little rainfall
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1. What were the underlying causes of the Endurance crisis? Two major underlying causes of the Endurance Crisis are: A. Bad evaluation of circumstances and stubbornness instead of perseverance. Shackleton was ready to depart to Antarctica however; just when he was at South Georgia‚ local seamen warned him that he might get trapped and advised him to wait until next year. At this point he had the opportunity to make a decision and wait‚ but due to the compromises reached with his sponsors
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as an island continent is that the great plateau of the Western Australian Shield forms the core of the ancestral continent‚ which‚ with Antarctica‚ split off from Gondwanaland during the Jurassic era‚ less than 200 million years ago‚ and began to drift eastwards and northwards. Australia emerged as a separate continent about 100 million years ago‚ when Antarctica broke away and drifted southward. 4. Lungfish‚ the Wollemi pine and Antarctic beeches Nothofagus are living fossils. Discuss their
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know‚ we didn’t think this discovery was possible. In Antarctica some Russian and American scientist found evidence leading to potential life in seemingly inhospitable environments. This year was a big one for Antarctic exploration. After more than a decade of drilling‚ Russian scientists drilled through more than 2.5 miles of ice to reach the water of Lake Vostok’s. Earler tests for life there didn’t turn up much‚ but in Western Antarctica‚ a team of American researchers found life in the subfreezing
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Emperor penguins Emperor penguin on iceberg alley in the Vestfold Hills (Photo: Peter Hargraves) Scientific name: Aptenodytes forsteri Physical description and related species Emperor penguins are truly amazing birds. They not only survive the Antarctic winter‚ but they are capable of breeding during the worst weather conditions on earth. Our research aims to learn more about the penguins themselves (how they live‚ where they go‚ what they do‚ and what they need to survive)‚ and how human
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Elisabeth Research station (Belgium)‚ Antarctica 71*57’ S-23*20’E. That is exactly where mystery city #7 is located. One of the clues the website journeynorth.com gave us was “We are located on a continent that is one of the coldest places on Earth. It is also one of the driest‚ considered to be mostly desert; but don’t expect to see sand.” This clue really helped because it pretty much told us our city was in Antarctica‚ but now we had to find out where in Antarctica. And clue number 2 kind of helped
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night recedes to leave yet more snow and hail and 120 mph winds. These conditions make it difficult for any explorer to even walk‚ let alone set up a tent. What is it like though‚ 14‚500 miles away‚ in a world that seems like paradise compared to Antarctica? Though both lands have seen months of total‚ insanity-provoking darkness; and snowfall hundreds of feet deep‚ what makes these two polar opposites so similar‚ and yet so different? A land of whimsical beauty and mystery‚ the arctic is one
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He is considered an outcast‚ in the first part of the movie it shows the struggle of Mumble and his parents dealing with the rejection which it is not easy. In the second half of the movie Mumble takes on a massively filled journey across the Antarctica to prove his self worth to fit in with the rest of his society as an emperor penguin. He leaves behind his family which is starving‚ because there are no fish and the food chain is scarce. Mumble explores and gets captured by humans. In the
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