Antarctica Denver J. Stübbe Class 004-18, 04 May 2018 A cold desolate landscape is sprawling out in front of you, the wind is whipping over the ice at speeds up to 200 miles per hour. The thermometer is showing you its well below zero on the Fahrenheit scale. Mountains can me seen in the far distance breaking the horizon, the only thing beside flat fields of ice that changes this sterile landscape for miles. Who have ventured here in the past you begin to wonder, why would they have some to such location with nothing seemingly to offer. You become aware of a chill creeping into your body and realize its well past the time to get indoors, you turn and head for your base camp in the world’s second largest country Antarctica. Culture can be identified as the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits …show more content…
One can never forget the will and determination of the inhabitants of that area. Multi-cultural from every part of the globe, everyone that calls this country home during there stay all strive for the same goal, advancement in science and betterment of mankind’s relationship with nature. REFERENCES: Oloffson, K. (2009, December 01). Antarctica. Retrieved May 6, 2018, from http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1943658,00.html Redd, N. T. (2012, July 18). Antarctica: Facts About the Coldest Continent. Retrieved May 6, 2018, from https://www.livescience.com/21677-antarctica-facts.html Antarctic Circle. (2016, September 19). Retrieved May 6, 2018, from https://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/an.htm Ford, A. B. (2018, March 23). Antarctica continent. Retrieved May 6, 2018, from https://www.britannica.com/place/Antarctica Dictionary. (2018, May 06). Retrieved May 6, 2018, from
Isolation, loneliness, desertion-these synonymous attributes describe the scene of Antarctica. White blankets of ice and snow laid as far as the eye can see, with nothing else in sight. “Antarctica was a desert...Much of it was was still unexplored. There were no cities.” (pg 301). Although the term desert completely contradicts Antarctica, Laura Van Den
Nasht’s depiction of Frank Hurley’s journey into Antarctica raises the importance of discovering new ideas and values which shape his journey as an “odyssey”, a classical allusion to Homer’s epic poem, His journey of discovery challenges many assumptions and questions Hurley’s society had sought represented by epic film music and indirect interviews to portray the feeling of excitement and adventure, portraying an assumption that discovery can lead to new experiences and new worlds. Nasht’s juxtaposition of Hurley’s dramatic archival footage to the modern recreation of the journey evokes a sense of excitement and a change in beliefs, where previously people didn’t know what adventure felt like. Images of large and grand icebergs signify a new sense of discovery in an uncharted world which becomes important to those on the ship, Endurance knowing that they are risking their lives to experience the nature of the world that no one has even sought and being the first to answer the challengers of discovering and exploring new worlds and experiences. The clever synthesis from shifts of Elephant Island to Hurley’s daughters provokes a sense of discovering something personal, as “the places he explored left a mark on him and his photography”, where Hurley’s daughters rediscover their father’s experiences. The daughters are overwhelmed by the desolation of the ice and space, which becomes significant for them, as they relive the memories and the experience of their father when he journeyed to
Our existence depends on how well we plan and implement policy through international cooperation. As our population continues to increase in the twenty-first century, it will provide us with the clue about how government makes sustainable plans about our future generations. Our present generation continues to consume more resources than what is presently in production, thus increasing the consumption level which has created water shortages, forest depletion for urbanization, more energy consumption, and food crisis, diseases and many more environmental problems. As the result of this, an evolution of transboundary effects are occurring. Our needs are changing to focus on environmental pollution and natural resource management, soil erosion,
The Arctic Tundra The Tundra is located in the northern regions of North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. as well as a few regions of Antarctica. The Tundra is the second largest vegetation. zone in Canada. It can be divided into three different sections: the High Arctic Tundra, the Low Arctic Tundra and the Alpine Tundra.
The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 by twelve contracting states. This treaty came into force in 1961 and had since been participated by various nations with the total number of parties to the Treaty is currently 53. There are two further treaties being concluded. Firstly is the conservation of Antartic seals which was adopted on 1 June 1972. Second is the convention for the conservation of Antartic Marine Living Resources adopted on 20 May 1980.
Approximately 98% of Antarctica is covered by a sheet of ice. This large mass makes up 90% of the ice in the entire world. Additionally, we get more than half of our fresh water supply from the continent alone. If all of this ice would melt, sea levels would rise at an alarming 200 feet.
It was frigid outside. At nearly -120 degrees Fahrenheit, it was almost too cold to work. I shivered and pulled my jacket tighter around me. I had never assumed Antarctica would be warm per se, but then again I hadn’t known that temperatures this low were even possible. And I might have gone on not knowing, too, had I not joined the research expedition to Vinson Massif, the continent's highest peak, to study a new type of mineral. I, however, was not a scientist. No, I was an inventor, a soon-to-be hero and legend. For the past 11 years, my life’s work had been dedicated to finding the true secret to immortality. You see, the problem with immortality is eventually, the solar system will fall apart as the sun explodes. Humanity could move
These environmental concerns tie in greatly with the cultural and racial clash of the twenty first century. As people continue to migrate from areas that can no longer support the growing population you have ...
Global warming has been a huge factor for the gradual temperature increase throughout Earth. The heating causes ice in the polar regions to melt more and more each summer. Carbon dioxide emissions are the largest contributing factor to this increase. Bob Berwyn’s article reveals Antarctica’s ice sheets are near a climate tipping point. Carbon dioxide emissions need to stop by 2050 or we could face a 4-foot sea level rise before the end of this century, which would swamp many Pacific islands and people along low-lying shores.
According to research, the Arctic Sea is most likely to be fully melted by 2050. This is because of carbon dioxide, also known as CO2. Carbon is the cause of global warming. The average American carbon footprint shrinks 32 square feet of ice each year, and that’s just one American. Multiply that by 325 million, and that’s a lot of ice melting! Sea levels have been rising at an alarming rate, parts of Florida are building drains that cost millions to keep it from sinking, and when high tide comes in, the streets are completely flooded. They have to raise many bridges so that cars can pass by during the floods.
Our world today has many issues that need dealing with. The issues of overpopulation, cultural conflict, and land use will not only effect us currently, but when not addressed, will most certainly effect us in the future. Therefore, we must undertake these challenges before us, in order to create a brighter and better future for us all.
An arid tundra; temperatures so cold that limbs become black and immobile, land so barren that hardly anything can survive, this is the South Pole. Why anyone would want to go there may be hard to understand. Traveling to the South Pole isn’t just a lengthy process and an uncomfortable experience, it is extremely dangerous as going to far south provides several life threatening conditions. To survive in such cold conditions one would need specially made clothing designed for such extremely cold climate. Maybe the pre-planning part of the trip is what separates Amundsen and Scott the most.
In the winter, snow fell on the land and blanketed the earth. The fields looked like fresh linen sheets after a snowfall, much like the blistering desolate tundra of Antarctica. Snow fell cleanly on branches of pine trees, and eventually, weighed them down just enough to be broken off. Roads would only be plowed once every winter, or so it seemed. Along with the serene landscape, the country was quiet.
These changes in the Arctic and Antarctic in combination with other effects of anthropogenic climate change have direct impact on the state worldwide oceans. Sea levels are rising while average sea temperatures are doing the same. As a result from these changes, marine ecosystems are being altered. For example, sudden changes in ocean temperatures lead to coral bleaching, signifying the death of coral reefs and the marine populations that depend on them. Many species of fish have been forced to migrate closer to the poles where cooler water temperatures still preside. (Hassol, 2004) Ocean acidification is also a result of climate change. Because of increase amount of CO2 emissions, the oceans have absorbed large amounts of CO2. While the oceans’ CO2 uptake has slowed the process of climate change, oceanic acidity
As students, we should live in the spirit of peace for the good of all human beings and for the care of creation. At this moment in history, we are saddened to see the daily suffering of a great number of people from never-ending wars, starvation, poverty, and disease. We are also concerned about the negative consequences for humanity and for all creation resulting from the degradation of some basic natural resources such as water, air and land, brought about by an economic and technological progress which does not recognize and take into account its limits.