oils‚ gas‚ food and other resources transforming the economy‚ also enhancing the Greenland’s agriculture. 8. b) Global warming has lead to a rising increase in temperature causing the ice sheets in the arctic to rapidly receded. Ice sheets melting is meaning there is a loss of habitats for the arctic animals such as the polar bears and walrus who live on the ice‚ gradually this will make the polar bears become extinct as
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years of her life living on a remote island in the Arctic with the Inuit of Greenland. Her first language was Inuktun‚ the local language of Greenland. At the age of four Herbert accompanied her parents on a journey that took them through winter blizzards in a caravan to spend time with the Sami of Lapland. She has continued to travel there ever since. Poem description/criticism: The Explorer’s Daughter is that rare thing - a tale of the Arctic that actually makes the reader want to go there
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exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions.” Al Gore According to the National Snow and Ice Data (NSIDC)‚ since 1979 the arctic sea ice minimum extent has shrunk by more than 50% and even greater amounts of ice have been lost in the corresponding thinning of the ice. Many scientists are now agreeing that the Arctic may be completely ice-free during the summers as soon as the end of this decade. This will undoubtedly cause the type of environmental blow-back that threatens
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5. 6. Nilsen T.2012.South Korea fuels Finnish aviation via Arctic route. Address: http://barentsobserver.com/en/arctic/south-korea-fuels-finnish-aviation-arctic-route-25-10. Last Accessed 04 November 2012. 7. Pettersen T.2012.China’s icebreaker ”Snow Dragon” docked Thursday in Shanghai after becoming the first vessel from China to cross the Arctic Ocean. Address: http://barentsobserver.com/en/arctic/chinese-icebreaker-concludes-arctic-voyage-27-09. Last Accessed 01 November 2012. 8. Webmaster.2008
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Night of Destruction In the early hours of Sunday 25 January 1959 a fire broke out in the sewing room in the west wing of the building. There were sixty-eight occupants in the building at the time. Thirty-six nuns‚ including four elderly nuns who had been invalids for some years‚ thirty students aged between seven and seventeen‚ and two lady mistresses were sleeping in their beds. Everyone escaped however a lot of damaged was done to the interior of the building. It took a couple of days for the
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Sunset is distinct from dusk‚ which is the time at which the sky becomes completely dark‚ which occurs when the Sun is approximately eighteen degrees below the horizon. The period between sunset and dusk is called twilight. Locations north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle experience no sunset or sunrise at least one day of the year‚ when the polar day or the polar night persists continuously for 24 hours. Sunset creates unique atmospheric conditions such as the often intense
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explorer and navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. The Hudson River‚ Hudson Strait‚ and Hudson Bay are all named after Hudson. Little is known about Hudson’s early life. Hudson was hired by the Muscovy Company in 1607‚ to find a waterway from Europe to Asia. Hudson made two trips (in 1607 and 1608)‚ but failed to find a route to China. In 1607‚ he sailed to Spitzbergen (an island north of Scandinavia in the Arctic Ocean) and discovered Jan Mayen Island (a tiny
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Matthew Henson: Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson was born on August 8‚ 1866‚ in Maryland. His parents were freeborn black sharecroppers. When Henson was four‚ his family moved to Washington D.C. where more jobs were available. When his parents died‚ he and his siblings moved in with a nearby uncle. Henson was fascinated by stories about life at sea‚ so when he saw a chance to become a cabin boy for Captain Childs‚ he took it. Childs instructed him in math‚ history‚ geography and the Bible as they
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| Date: | Graded Assignment Lab Report Answer the questions below. When you are finished‚ submit this assignment to your teacher by the due date for full credit. (2 points) Score | The region north of 66½° N latitude is the Arctic Circle. Use the simulator to describe the length of the day during winter‚ spring‚ summer‚ and fall. Answer: Winter | | Spring | | Summer | | Fall | | (6 points) Score | Use the simulator
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Professor Sharren Patterson July 14‚ 2010 What it Means to Be Canadian in the 21st Century Canada is a country occupying most of North America‚ extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward to the Arctic Ocean. It is the world’s second largest country by total area (Wikipedia.org‚ 2010). To be Canadian means more that simply living in Canada. In Canada we stand up for what we believe in and respect others opinion. Our life style reflects the need
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