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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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    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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    Climate change in Russia’s Arctic tundra 1. Key words Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text. Tundra‚ permafrost‚ swamp‚ wilderness‚ landslide‚ Catastrophic‚ indigenous‚ itinerant‚ unmistakeable‚ impenetrable 1. The _______________ people of a particular place have lived there for a very long time before other people came to live there. 2. A _______________ situation or event causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer. 3. A _______________ is

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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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    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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    Marriage and Kinship of the Modern African Society As the bride walks down the aisle‚ the hopeful and excited groom waits. Their time as a dating couple comes to an end and the moment that will bring their love together forever slowly draws closer than ever before. Every person in the pews has a sense of awe as they watch the marriage unfold. Both families of the couple are brought to tears as they see their son or daughter take another large step in their lives. By end of the ceremony‚ the

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    Chinua Achebe in his fiction novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ highlights the importance of kinship and respect as he details Ibo festivities. To highlight these important factors that hold the Ibo people together‚ Achebe provides details and proverbs that are communication through the main character‚ Okonkwo. As Okonkwo holds a feast and invites his fellow kinsmen to celebrate with him‚ Achebe explains the reason why kinship is necessary. When Okonkwo states that “[He] cannot continue to live on the bank of

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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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    The housing used by the Inuit people depended upon the time of the year. In the summer they lived in tents. But in the winter they needed to protect themselves from the cold so they built and lived in a winter home they called an igluvigak. Most people refer to the Inuit winter home as an igloo‚ but the Inuit people called their homes igluvigaks. The summer tents that the Inuit people lived in were called tipis. A tipi is a cone-shaped house. The women were responsible for building the tipi

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