National Wildlife Refuge. By emphasizing the evidences that degrade the development‚ the author attempts to persuade the readers to also be engaged in preserving Arctic Refuge. In order to effectively convey his thoughts‚ author used various literary techniques including personal anecdote‚ evidences‚ and dictions. Considering that The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could sound unfamiliar for the readers‚ the author first provides brief introductions about what it is (“America’s truly great wilderness”);
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LAKE A lake is a body of relatively still water of considerable size‚ localized in a basin‚ that is surrounded by land apart from a river‚ stream‚ or other form of moving water that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons‚ and are larger and deeper thanponds.[1][2] Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams‚ which are usually flowing. However most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams.Natural lakes are generally
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Portfolio Assignment SUS1501 – Sustainability and Greed Student Name: Shitlhangu Mercy Tsakani Student Number: 40525007 Date: 2014.05.06 Teaching Assistant Name: S GEORGE Declaration: By submitting this portfolio‚ I implicitly declare that this is my own work except for the “Introduction” which was kindly written for me by my lecturer. Introduction My aim in compiling this portfolio was to reflect on the things that have struck me throughout this crazy module. My starting
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Do you know what animal can weigh over 1‚000 pounds‚ is very ferocious and lives in freezing temperatures. The answer to that is a polar bear and I am hear to tell you all about it. Polar bears are amazing creatures. Polar bears are very rare in modern civilization and can be found on few places around the earth. These animals are also very deadly and are feared by many animals having very few predators. There sense of smell is amazing being able to detect seals under 3 feet of ice and snow. As I
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hypocrite – how can they claim that no country can imperialize and rule them‚ but they can do it to the others. The United state wanted a lot of countries and they wanted everyone to be like them. Henery Cabot Lodge said‚ “From the Rio Grand to the Arctic Ocean there should be one flag and one country.” He believed that the United State should rule the world. “There should be one flag and one county” it can mean a lot of countries but he was an American‚ so I think he is relating that the United State
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to travel to the Artic and be the first to set foot on it. Walton is also excited by adventure and new experiences. 2. How did Walton prepare himself for the expedition? He has been preparing himself for six years‚ gathering information about the Arctic‚ and training himself physically so that he will be able to endure the harsh climate of the region. 3. What did Walton read for the first 14 years of his life? For the first 14 years of Walton’s life‚ he reads his uncle Thomas’s books of voyages
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Terrell Jackson 4/2/13 African American History Matthew Alexander Henson “It’ll work‚ if God‚ wind‚ leads‚ ice‚ snow‚ and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing.” Matthew Henson was born on August 8‚ 1866‚ in a cabin near Nanjemoy‚ Charles County‚ Maryland. His parents Lemuel and Caroline were freeborn black sharecroppers. Matthew Henson mother died when he was two years old. His father remarried a widowed neighbor‚ Nellie. Seven years later Matthew Henson father dies and Nellie
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Why Iceland Exists Iceland has an area of 103‚000 kilometres square. This makes it the 18th largest island in the world. It is just south of the Arctic Circle. The Iceland hotspot and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge go right through Iceland. This is an essay about how tectonic activity and how it comes to form Iceland. Location Iceland is an island between the Greenland Sea and the Northern Atlantic Ocean‚ northwest of the United Kingdom Iceland is situated right in the North Atlantic Ocean. Iceland
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and need us to create a voice for them. Former United States President Jimmy Carter has a strong opinion towards wildlife conservation shown in a foreword to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land. In the foreword by Jimmy Carter‚ he uses effective rhetorical devices in his argument to persuade his audience that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should not be developed for industry. In the foreword‚ Jimmy Carter begins with strong word choices to help aide his argument. In
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so alone” (Johnson 461). However‚ despite her insight‚ she felt all too unfit to leave her home and speak openly to anyone at all. Dickinson displays the catastrophic effects of both her independence and insecurity in the poem‚ “As if some little Arctic flower” (#177). She embodies herself as this flower‚ communicating her inability to relate to and interact with others in both social and religious contexts. In the poem‚ a flower moves from a cold environment down to a fascinatingly warm and vibrant
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