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    creating feelings of loneliness and despair. Shelley strengthens the theme of isolation by setting the conclusion of her novel in the Arctic wasteland‚ a place of hostile and desolate environment. We are first introduced to the theme of loneliness in the first chapter of the novel In his second letter to his sister‚ we learn that Walton was trapped in the Arctic and feels lonely and isolated‚ with no one to turn to for comfort‚ "I have no friend‚ Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of

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    a very big difference in their location‚ which caused different weathers. Both the Inuit tribe and the Bedouin tribe had a quite different geography‚ which caused different weathers. According to Inuit tribe‚ the Inuit tribe lived in a very cold‚ arctic climate. Because of the extremely cold weather‚ the Inuit

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    world. Interestingly enough‚ however‚ although their fur is white‚ their skin underneath is actually black. This allows them to absorb the sunlight in order to warm their bodies. This is a very useful feature‚ as they live in the cold climates of the Arctic. Polar bears are also capable of standing upright on their hind legs. Polar bears can live up to thirty years‚ but the average life expectancy for a polar bear is between fifteen and eighteen years. In the months of October and November‚ female polar

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    Inuit of the Artic The Inuit people have adapted quite well living in the extreme cold of the artic. They live in the artic area of native North America. Commonly called “Eskimo”‚ their territory extends more than five thousand miles along the Arctic Circle from Russia‚ Alaska‚ and northern Canada to Greenland. They are a people who have learned how to use all resources available to them. Their social organization of the family is considered to be that of a “band” (the band can consist of the

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    many Arctic animals‚ but at the same time‚ it will have no real effect on our economy. According to a study by the US Energy Information Agency‚ the oil from the Alaskan Wilderness “would only reduce US oil imports by 4%” (Document C)‚ which would barely put a dent in our economy. Not only that but it would only supply us for “no more than 6 months” in spite of our starvation and at the rate in which we consume oil. We hold less than 3% of all known oil reserves and “the amount from the Arctic Refuge

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    Cardae- he did an excellent job with writing the names of the animals. He filled in every line in the correct place. His animal he chose was a lemming. He spelled it “laming” this was with him sounding it out. He got 5/7 letters correct in the spelling. His picture matched the poster we use for behavior. I thought it was cute how he made the connection. He followed the format of the story we read to write his own part. He did very well on this assignment. I would only ask that he sounds out the words

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    Tundra climate is probably the most biomes that are influenced by the climate. Four principal factors that affect Tundra climate are the solar radiation‚ the temperature‚ and precipitation as well as air pressure. Solar radiation is very weak in Arctic or Antarctic tundra which is why polar tundra are often covered in the snow compared to other tundra around the world. However‚ in summer‚ there is more solar radiation which gets the temperature to rise. Alpine tundra zone gets more solar radiation

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    The Clan of the Cave Bear Many people are familiar with the ancient picture of cave-dwellers being the hairy‚ gruff bully of a man‚ dressed in animal skins‚ club in hand as he drags a female back to his cave. This drastic picture is not what one would get while reading Clan of the Cave Bear. The tale is a little more picturesque‚ but equally cruel‚ nonetheless; when it comes to the role of male versus female. Beatings‚ rape and humiliation are just a few of the brutalities dealt out to the females

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    Grizzly Bears Grizzly Bears are very large‚ magnificent animals. They reproduce sexually‚ but there are many advantages of reproduction. Asexual reproduction is reproduction with only one organism. The purpose of asexual reproduction is to reproduce clones of the parent. Sexual reproduction is when two organisms sexually reproduce. The purpose of sexual reproduction is to reproduce offspring‚ sexual reproduction allows evolution to occur. On this paper I will be focusing on the grizzly bear. I

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    The Arctic Council consists of the eight Arctic States: Canada‚ Denmark‚ Finland‚ Iceland‚ Norway‚ Russia‚ Sweden and the United States. Let’s consider the position of Norway as the member of the Arctic Council. First of all some historical information about oil and gas production in Norway. In the late 1950s‚ very few people believed that the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) might conceal rich oil and gas deposits. However‚ the discovery of gas at Groningen in the Netherlands in 1959 caused people

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