approx = cliffs Sketchmap to show location of data collection sites near La Malbaie © OCR 2010 F761/I Jun10 Turn over © OCR 2010 F761/I Jun10 Antarctic circle Andes Tropic of Capricorn Equator Tropic of Cancer Arctic Circle Rockies Key: ice caps and valley glaciers ice sheets Greenland Antarctica N. Scandinavia Fig. 3 Present-day distribution of ice masses Himalayas Southern Alps Alps 4 © OCR 2010 F761/I Jun10 –30°
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For years there has been an environmental debate on whether oil drilling should begin in the largest refuge in the United States‚ Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [ANWR]. High potential for oil within the refuge is estimated but the environmental impacts of oil drilling is harmful and destructive. Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife refuge has pros and cons‚ however‚ cons are more significant as it deals with the environment and animals rather than politics and the economy. Pollution
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The Ursus maritimus is an animal that lives in cold areas. “Polar bears” are found in icy coasts. Sixty percent of polar bears live in the northern part of Canada‚ while the other 40% live in Russia‚ Alaska‚ Greenland or Svalbard. At the moment‚ polar bears are the biggest carnivorious mammals alive. The most distinctive feature of Ursus maritimus is their clear not white fur and black skin. Polar bears are currently vulnerable‚ that means they are most likely to become endangered unless something
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Environments play a major role in literature because they give setting and context. The environment or setting gives background in a piece of literature‚ and often certain aspects of the story derive directly from the environment or context. This is true with everything that humans do as well: one thing is a direct result of another‚ and because our environment constantly surrounds us‚ everything we do is a direct reflection of that. Our environment shapes us to the extent that we would be completely
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Arctic Mining Consultants Synopsis of the Situation Arctic Mining Consultants is a mining consulting company that does mining exploration. This particular case looks into how Arctic Mining Consultants’ crew did not effectively do their job in Eagle Lake‚ Alaska. Tom Parker is a geological field technician and field coordinator for the company. He acted as the project manager on the job near Eagle Lake‚ Alaska. His crew of field assistants consisted of John Talbot‚ Greg Boyce‚ and Brian Millar
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tail pipes and smoke stacks. For every truckload of product produced‚ many more truckloads of waste are created. The oceans have been flooded with mercury‚ heavy metals‚ and toxic chemicals. The forests are disappearing‚ deserts are widening‚ the arctic sea ice is melting‚ the permafrost has begun to crack. The earth has grown warmer. Not since a meteor hit the planet 55 million years ago have so many forms of life
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to the innermost workings of Mother Earth’s mysteries through their time in nature. Ink becomes paint‚ pages become canvases and Carter becomes an artist in his impassioned foreword to‚ ‘Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land‚ A Photographic Journey’. In an effort to convince readers the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should not be developed for industry‚ Carter utilizes powerful imagery
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The melting of the Arctic and Antarctic ice is a result of climate change. This climate change includes the decline of sea ice‚ rising temperatures and the melting of the Greenland ice sheet and the Antarctic ice sheet. The Antarctic Ice Sheet covers around ninety-eight percent of the Antarctic continent and is the largest body of ice on earth. The Greenland Ice Sheet is the second largest body of ice; it covers more than eighty percent of Greenland. The Ward-Hunt Ice Shelf is the largest single
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other children‚ which just made me even more embarrassed. I walked into the classroom and it felt like there were 10‚000 eyes on me‚ like steaming hot daggers‚ piercing my skin and judging my every move. It seemed as though diving head first into the Arctic Ocean could not have cooled my bright red face. The good thing is that that is probably one of the scariest and most embarrassing things out of the way‚ and at least I know how to deal with it if I do move again. I made friends quite quickly‚ which
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It drew inspiration from 90s post punk bands and started the post punk revival movement in the US and overseas. One of the most popular bands that represented this british punk rock was the band Arctic Monkeys‚ which owed much of their success to social media‚ internet social networking and youtube. Arctic Monkeys quickly came out as one of the most popular british punk rock bands of the 2000s and continue to be one of my favorite bands of all time. With technological advances in this era it became
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