it took a mere 80 years for the biggest city on the planet situated North to the Arctic Circle to be built on the shore of the Kola bay. For many years this ice-free port was a leading Soviet freight port‚ a base for fishing fleets‚ a major naval base‚ and the main home port of the Russian nuclear submarine fleet. During World War II (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War)‚ Murmansk served as a port for the arctic convoys‚ and after the war became the Soviet Union’s most important submarine base
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The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon occurring in summer months at places north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Around the solstice (June 21 in the north and December 21 in the south) and given fair weather the sun is visible for the full 24 hours. The number of days per year with potential midnight sun increases the farther towards either pole one goes. Although approximately defined by the polar circles‚ in practice
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Annotated Bibliography “Arctic On Thin Ice As Earth Heats Up.” Australian [National‚ Australia] 23 Aug. 2012:10. Gale Opposing Viewoints In Context. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. This article‚ for me‚ was essential in proving that arctic ice heating up is a problem. It gives me evidence that I can use to prove to disbelievers of global warming and their effects that in time places such as the poles could indeed end up with a complete change in climate and scenery. It not only tells of climate problems of
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de Fuca‚ and the Gulf of Maine including the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; Canada and the United States dispute how to divide the Beaufort Sea and the status of the Northwest Passage but continue to work cooperatively to survey the Arctic continental shelf; US works closely with Canada to intensify security measures for monitoring and controlling legal and illegal movement of people‚ transport‚ and commodities across the international border; sovereignty dispute with Denmark over Hans
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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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Have you ever thought of how rough it would be to explore Alaska? Alaska’s geography is difficult to explore because of cold climate‚ wild animals‚ and traveling by foot. Without further ado let’s get into our pajamas‚ drink some hot chocolate and learn about the cold climate! It’s so cold in Alaska polar bears just got on a plane to New Jersey! You may be surprised but it’s been as cold as -80 degrees in Alaska before! If you were to be traveling in Alaska it would be hard
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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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