Antarctica Essays

Engines breathing life into the desolate Antarctic tundra, a red and white Twin Otter aircraft landed beside the Allan Hills, skis gliding over blue ice. 9,403 miles from home, Princeton University Professor of Geosciences John Higgins descended into no man’s land. This was the Princeton crew’s sixth season on the ice – they were no longer strangers to the land. And yet, as they trekked through the barren landscape, little did they know that beneath their very own feet waited the answer to what Higgins

lobe of his brain. Douglas Mawson was on a journey through Antarctica for exploration purposes, causing the long trip back to the ship which happened to be their escape route. Douglas’s two friends that went along on the expedition had been taken by harsh weather and circumstances caused by the Arctic back to

ship while keeping his crew safe and rescued them all. He traveled great distances with limited resources. This wasn’t your ordinary type explorer - he was an adventurer. Ernest Shackleton was one of the first people to explore the continent of Antarctica

trudging and swimming to their destination. Jacquet's purpose is to inform in order to show how far Penguins will travel for love. He creates an informative tone for the audience that do not know about the life of Penguins. First Jacquet introduces Antarctica. He states "The average temperature here at the bottom of

is comprised of the most southern ocean water of the world and is also referred to as the Antarctic Ocean, South Polar Ocean, and the Great Southern Ocean. This ocean surrounds Antarctica and is the fourth largest of the five oceans of

the rising temperatures isn’t to be taken lightly just because the average surface temperature has gone up by .5. The small change in heat is melting the glaciers, not just the north and south poles but mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice. This is even changing the precipitation patterns, and having animals migrate to habitats that they will most likely no survive and more. Researcher Bill Fraser has been studying the drop in population of

Freezing cold, 100 km per hour winds, -40C temperatures covered in snow and ice. What kind of animal would not only survive in, but thrive in that kind of environment. Penguins are one of the most known animal in the antarctic. There unique swimming abilities and survival skills are impeccable for there size. Some may be small and some may be large but they all share similar traits with each other. The Gentoo penguins have a very small body structure compared to the Emperor Penguin. The Gentoo

The article that I decided to research and write about is called “Rusty Waters”, written by Rob Raiswell. This paper discusses that the Greenland Ice Sheet plays an important role in how the North Atlantic Ocean receives iron and how this iron can be utilized by phytoplankton. The scientists came up with this idea through a series of tests, observations and critical thinking. Using different samples of meltwater from glaciers in the Greenland ice sheet, they determined the amount of iron available

Ernest Shackleton has captured the hearts of many through his inspiring story. In 1914, he set sail on an expedition to cross the continent of Antarctica; along with him are his twenty-seven crew members that consist of seamen, officers, doctors and a photographer (“The Shackleton Expedition,” 2011). As they sailed toward Antarctica, their ship was trapped and eventually crushed due to contraction of the ice beneath them. This led the beginning of Shackleton's journey as an effective leader. Shackleton

This thesis paper is on Penguin Lost by Andrey Kurkov. This book is the sequel to Death and the Penguin by the same author, both of which share a thematic focus. The books follow a writer who embarks on adventures through Ukraine after the Soviet Union collapsed. While going through his journeys, the writer interacts with many characters, and we find ourselves in a commentary on post-Soviet bloc life. As inferred by the titles, Penguin Lost and Death and the Penguin are both centered around a penguin

the Whale industries. Krill are small crustaceans found in many of the Earth’s oceans. They are found in massive numbers in the cold southern oceans of the Antarctic and experience high productivity. Antarctic krill is the keystone species of the Antarctica ecosystem and is a food source for multiple species, which includes whales. In addition to being a food source for animals found in the ecosystem, krill are harbored as food for fish farms as well as for krill oil. Krill oil contains the essential

“Sir Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer, who made three expeditions to the continent, most famously in 1914 on the Endurance” (Sir Ernest Shackleton). The ‘founder’ of the Shackleton family was Abraham Shackleton. Abraham was a profound Quaker born in Kildare County, Ireland. The Shackleton family originated in the English country of the Yorkshire and consisted of pure Anglo-Irish blood. On February 15, 1874 Ernest Henry Shackleton was born in Kilkea House, Kildare County, Ireland

The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition (1998), a nonfiction book by American author and journalist Caroline Alexander, chronicles the most famous expedition by explorer Ernest Shackleton when he and his men were stranded for more than a year on the Antarctic ice in an attempt to circumnavigate and map the frozen continent. Exploring themes of discovery, survival, teamwork, and the age of exploration, The Endurance is considered one of the best and most detailed books on Shackleton’s

‘Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage’ is a book about the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and the survival of 25 of the men who beat the odds of death after facing ice that was crashing and freezing up onto the sides of their ship, having to abandon the “Endurance” when she couldn’t handle the pressure from the ice floes and later sunk into the ocean and surviving the below zero temperatures with only what the crew could salvage from the ship and what they could gather from the nature around

DEDICATION In life one should never give up and should always keep on pushing for what they want, no matter where one comes from or what stands in one's way. The people and dogs in the Jamaican dog sled team did precisely that. The book “One Mush Jamaica’s Dogsled team” by John Firth is a non-fiction novel describing the story of how the Jamaican dog sled team was formed and of the races they participated in. The main topic of the story though is a man named Marshall Newton, black and from Jamaica

Describe how human impacts are causing many species to become endangered or go extinct. Humans do a lot of bad things, that cause many species to go extinct or become endangered. One of the biggest problems is human predation. Humans do a lot of harm by hunting. They erased the megafauna mammals of the last Ice Age, decreased the population of whales and other marine mammals, and wiped out the Dodo Bird and the Passenger Pigeon. Another problem is that animals lose their habitat. Mostly, animals

In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” it helps to show that you should not try to take advantage of life and mother nature. As the Mariner and his sailors sail through the sea, they are being guided by an Albatross. The Mariner thinks it’s a good idea to shoot and kill the Albatross. The death of the bird causes many bad situations for the mariner and his crew. As the story progresses you find out to see that it’s the ghost of life and mother nature working upon him. The story comes to show that

The Galapagos penguin is one of the banded penguins. The Galapagos islands are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only penguin that lives north of the equator in the wild. Galapagos penguins survive from the cool temperatures of the Humboldt Current and cool waters brought by the Cromwell Current. The Galapagos penguins are close to the African penguins. Galapagos penguins are the smallest banded penguins, and they have no subspecies. Also, the Galapagos penguins are the third smallest

The Arctic Ocean is the ocean around the North Pole. The most northern parts of Eurasia and North America are around the Arctic Ocean. Thick pack ice and snow cover almost all of this ocean in winter, and most of it in summer. An icebreaker or a nuclear-powered submarine can use the Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean to go between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The ocean's area is about 14.056 million km2, which is the smallest of the world's 5 oceans, and it has 45,389 kilometres (28

The Red Snapper is also known as Lutjanus campechanus, they are pink to a red color (Louisiana Fisheries). They are commonly known as the North American Red Snapper, Snapper, Genuine Red Snapper. Their color starts to fade off under their bellies (Louisiana Fisheries). Some key characteristics are their red eyes, and their anal fin pointed than rounded. (Louisiana Fisheries). They can be found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Western Gulf (Louisiana). They can weight about anywhere ranging from 10-50