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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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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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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achievement was swimming a mile in antarctic water. Lynne cox the author of this story faces challenges through preparation‚ work ethic and determination. Lynne cox swam a mile in the frigid antarctic water. Lynne cox was the author of swimming to antarctica. She wrote this story too show that she swam a mile in the antarctic water. She was proud of herself after she did the swim and wrote the story. Lynne practiced for her swim for days and didn’t give up on practicing. She swam in 33 degree water
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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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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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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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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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