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    Mankind has had an interesting relationship with bears for many years. The symbolic nature of the bear has changed from one meaning to another entirely. The effects of popular culture have ultimately shaped how bears have been perceived and what connotations are associated with them. Various articles‚ films‚ and other references from modern day provide ample evidence of how bears have been perceived and they show the evolution of their representations. Some examples are the documentary Grizzly Man

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    Inuit Culture And Beliefs

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    The Inuit were an Artic tribe that were professional hunters and could kill a seal in minutes. The Inuit also known as “Eskimos” and lived in northern regions of Alaska and North America. The Inuit lived in Alaska‚ Asia‚ and Canada where the amount of sunlight varied throughout the seasons. During the winter the sun sets about mid-November and doesn’t reappear until mid-January. A big part of the Inuit culture was to tell stories to help them last through the light filled days and the seemingly

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    Arctic Ice Cap Effect

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    Further adding to the consequences‚ such a sea level rise could cause extensive erosion of the continents‚ islands and possibly other ice caps. The extra infrared radiation captured by atmosphere through the greenhouse effect is transferred into the Arctic ice caps as potential energy where the water (H2O) molecules vibrate faster and break their bonds due to the process of latent heat‚ where the temperature of the ice is prevented from falling or rising until the bonds break and a state change occurs

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    survive there? Well‚ there is and this place is called the tundra biome. This place is too harsh for most trees‚ too cold for large animals‚ and too isolated for most humans. The Arctic Tundra is among Earth’s coldest‚ harshest biomes. Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on tops of mountains. The Arctic tundra is mostly located in the Northern Hemisphere but in the Southern Hemisphere‚ it can be located on islands off of the coast of Antarctica. The high mountain tops of North

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    In this case study‚ we see how Tom Parker managed his team for the company Arctic Mining Consultants. Parker his responsable to hiring‚ training and supervising a team of assistants fields. A project manager made a report to Parker concerning the result of the objective. The team are composed by 3 fields assistants : John Talbot‚ Greg Boyce and Brian Miller all of them had work before with Parker. The team need to stake a fifteen claims in Eagle lake‚ British Colombia in Canada : marks a line with

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    The Man in the Water In the essay "The Man in the Water" by Roger Rosenblatt‚ the Man in the Water did something heroic that most other people probably would not do. He and a great deal of other people were in a plane crash and landed in the Arctic Ocean. They were floating in the middle of freezing cold water with no one around to help. Soon enough‚ a helicopter rescue team came to save the group of people that had crashed by pulling them out of the water. Every time the rescue team lowered

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    Northern Alaska Tectonics

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    is particularly unique in that it lies entirely north of the Arctic Circle and it is the most coherent stratigraphy in Alaska. The region includes one of the major mountain ranges in Alaska‚ the Brooks Range‚ as well as some of the most important economic resources and reserves in the United States. This region is composed of varying sizes of plutons‚ batholiths and sedimentary rocks. Two major terranes encompass the region‚ the Arctic Alaska terrane and the Angayucham terrane as well as their associated

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    Properties of Acids and Bases Diagram: A B C D E F Bromothymol Blue Universal Indicator Phenolphthalein Litmus Paper Analyze: 1) F‚ C‚ D‚ B‚ A‚ E 2) D is neutral because it turned to the colour of green when it came in contact with the indicator Bromothymol Blue. The acid or base is green between 6.0-7.6 pH. 3) Solution E is more alkaline (more basic) than solution A because when E came into contact with the indicator Bromothymol Blue it turned

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    surface than any other – about 70% | This is the coldest of all the biomes and species diversity is limited as a result | Location | Most hot and dry deserts are near the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn. Cold deserts are near the Arctic part of the world | Found in the four corners of the globe | Located in streams‚ ponds‚ and wetlands | Can be found in

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    water. The ocean is actually one very large body of water that is divided up into different smaller oceans. The large body of water is called “The World Ocean” and the individual smaller oceans are “The Pacific Ocean”‚ “The Indian Ocean”‚” The Arctic Ocean”‚ and” The Atlantic Ocean.” In the past‚ oceans have been viewed as a bottomless pit where humans can dump waste‚ with little to no consequences. (Library‚ 2012) Waste such as sewage‚ plastics‚ radioactive waste‚ and much more were dumped

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