Creative Writing: Year Long Period of Solitary Confinement and What I Would Bring With Me During my assignment of a one year long period of solitary confinement on Antarctica the three things that I would bring with me would be: a computer equipped with internet access and teleconferencing capabilities; my ski equipment including my climbing gear; and a snowmobile that is run by electricity because of a lack of Mobil stations at the South Pole. The computer‚ ski equipment‚ and snowmobile
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also the nearby land Greenland (All about the cryosphere). Antarctica‚ at the South Pole‚ is a huge continent covered with ice. Antarctica is covered by a huge ice sheet up to 4.5 sp. Km thick and has an area of 14 sq. km. The average thickness of the Antarctica is about 4.887m and the lowest point at the border of Antarctica is about 2‚540 m thickness (CIA). But the ice also melted since 1951 because the current temperature in Antarctica gained up to 3 degrees (CIA). The cryosphere also exists in
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How Humans Have Affected the Antarctic Food Web Team E University of Phoenix Environmental Issues and Ethics SCI/362 April 19‚ 2011 How humans have affected the Antarctic food web The purpose of our team paper is to prepare a comprehensive paper on how humans have affected the Antarctic food web. The icy Antarctic water is very deceiving‚ not only is it home too many sea animals but also in theses icy waters live a multifaceted food web that feeds many animals. The foundation of the food web
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Biology 1C March 3‚ 2011 Extreme Environment of Lake Vostok in Antarctica Throughout the earth‚ there are so many places that are so extreme that we thought that no living things could adapt to the environment. Interestingly‚ there are some organisms that can inhabit in extreme environments‚ and they are extremeophiles‚ which are microbes that can thrive and adapt under extreme conditions. There are many types of extreme environment‚ such as extremely cold or hot‚ too acidic‚ lacking of
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Tourism be allowed in Antarctica? There is no doubt Antarctica is an incredible tourist destination. Visitor numbers have increased rapidly over the last few decades. During 1998-99‚ in the summer season‚ over 10‚000 tourists visited Antarctica‚ compared with less than 2000‚ 19 years ago. This is not necessarily a good thing; what about all of the pollution people cause whilst travelling to Antarctica? This brings us to the question: Should Tourism be allowed in Antarctica? Some people think that
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Man made global warming does not exist. Evidence suggests that carbon levels are not abnormally high and that the ice caps are not melting away. There are many reputable scientists who question this theory we call global warming. Others would say it is a way for the government to control more and more of our daily lives and to move along an agenda that benefits certain groups and individuals. Man made global warming is a theory being preached to us as gospel and being taught as fact already proven
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that supposedly lies in the aunt but when it is revealed that the niece was lying it turns the mood by making the readers feel a sense of violation because the story really has the reader believing the niece up to the climax. In “swimming to Antarctica” – the mood starts of with the readers feeling the anticipation of the swim. There is fear mainly of the unknown but when the swim starts the mood turns desperate the cold water
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In Antarctica it can get as cold as -50°C this is because the sun is aimed at a shallow angle towards Antarctica this means that there is not a lot of sunlight that hits Antarctica‚ the sun that does hit Antarctica is either reflected off the shiny white ice and the heat energy is sent into space or the heat energy from the sun’s rays is absorbed by water vapour and dust‚ the sunlights energy is also spread across a large area therefore there is a large surface area to volume ratio. Emperor penguins
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Fossils and Penguins Actions for ’Fossils and Penguins’ I have always loved fossils‚ and the discovery of what the fossils bring to us today‚ so I thought I would find out some information about fossils. I found an article about fossils and penguins. I love penguins and find them unique and interesting. Australia has a fossil record of penguins as far back as the Eocene period‚ which is the second Epoch period of the Tertiary period‚ between Paleocene and Oligocene Epochs which is 33.9 to 56 million
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Antarctic Biome Antarctica‚ you could definitely say is a chunk of ice and snow two times as big as the US‚ but as you look deeper beyond the surface of the ice‚ many intriguing and breathtaking relationships in the ecosystem occur. Antarctica is not just a chunk of snow it is a continent‚ it is home to gigantic ice shelves‚ mountains‚ ice bergs and even volcanoes that support all and many forms of life. It is one of the harshest continents in the whole entire world with no permanent human residence
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