Bolivia to the east‚ and finally Chile and Bolivia to the south and to the west lies the Pacific Ocean. In Peru you can find anything from steaming jungles to creeping glaciers‚ Peru‚ hugging South America’s west coast‚ wraps its borders around dramatically varied geography with elicits varied cultures. A little smaller than Alaska‚ Peru has coastal deserts so dry that no one there has ever recorded rain. The oceans are so chilled from the Arctic surfers should forget‚ mountains so new that they’re still
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1. Company Background Cathy Pacific Airways was founded in 1946‚ it is an international airline based in Hong Kong‚ offering scheduled cargo and passenger services to over 170 destinations around the world. The company is the industry ’s one of the few 5-Star Airline and be awarded the World’s Best Airline over years. It vision is to make the airline the most admired in the world‚ ensuring safety comes first; deliver service straight from the heart; provide outstanding product and service; produce
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organisms die a year because of the ocean temperatures rising? One reason the ocean temperature surges is because of the greenhouse gas. As greenhouse gas (a gas from the greenhouse effect that benefits by absorbing carbon dioxide‚ chlorofluorocarbons‚ and infrared radiation; different kinds of elements and gases) collects together and increases‚ it traps more heat energy into the Earth‚ and making the temperature rise. Another way this is caused is when the warmer ocean water makes movement‚ it changes
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Why did the U.S. become an imperial power? Americans had always sought to expand the size of their nation‚ and throughout the 19th century they extended their control toward the Pacific Ocean. However‚ by the 1880’s‚ many American leaders had become convinced that the United States should join the imperialist powers of Europe and establish colonies overseas. Imperialism‚ the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic‚ political‚ and cultural control over weaker territories‚ was already
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Why exploring the ocean is mankind’s next giant leap By Philippe Cousteau‚ Special to CNN “Space…the final frontier.” Not only has this classic phrase dazzled the many millions of fans of the Star Trek franchise‚ some could argue it has defined a big part of the American ideal for the last 50 years. The 1960s were dominated by the race to the moon and Americans were rightfully proud to be the first nation to make it there. However‚ another incredible feat happened in 1960 that is largely forgotten
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on from 4 to 8 May in 1942. It took place in the pacific theatre of WW2. This fight was remembered for its first action in which aircraft carries matched against each other. In early May 1942‚ the Japanese despatched an invasion fleet from Rabaul to take Port Moresby‚ Papua. They also sent a carrier force &to patrol into the Coral Sea to intercept any American carriers sent to thwart their planned attack. As an attempt to improve in the South Pacific their defensive position‚ Japan chose to attack
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For thousands of years‚ salmon have played an integral role of the ecosystem in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. In the 1700s‚ the settling of human’s in the region had a tremendous impact on the native fisheries. Since that time‚ salmon have been affected by a growing population and economy in the Pacific Northwest. At that time‚ Europeans had begun to occupy land along the Columbia River‚ imposing their culture on the natives of that land. By the 1800’s‚ disease brought by the
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How Tabiteuea got its name? One of the islands in Kiribati (Central Pacific) There are legends and myths that tell how certain places in the Pacific got their names. In Kiribati‚ each island has its own story on how it got its name from which the people of the island claim the position of their island in the creation of Kiribati. The people of Tabiteuea‚ the largest island in Kiribati claim that Tabiteuea was the first island created or the oldest and therefore should be respected by the rest of
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in the story‚ Pi gives hints of false information throughout the book. As a reader‚ you hang on to his words because he is the one taking you through the account of his epic journey. Pi in the final scene of the story after his journey across the Pacific‚ tells the Japanese Oceanic Authorities contradicting stories. “Pi: So‚ you didn`t like my story? Mr.Okamoto: No‚ we liked it very much. Didn’t we ‚ Atsuro? We will remember it for a long‚ long time. Mr.Chiba: We will. [Silence] Mr.Okamoto: But for
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longitude) B) Relative location-- what is actually at that location 2. Place- A) Physical characteristics- God-made B) Cultural characteristics- man-made 3. Human/environment interaction 4. Movement- earth’s plates‚ migration‚ ocean currents 5. Region- areas that have something in common (physical and climate) * Cartographer- a professional mapmaker * Lines of latitude run east to west for the purpose of measuring distances north and south of the equator * Lines
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