The continent of Antarctica has been set aside as a preserve in 1959. Since then, many people have argued over whether or not to explore the continent or leave it be. The stories, “The Last Wilderness Preserve” and “A New Land of Opportunity” both have contrasting ideas about Antarctica. The first passage provides the argument of how people do not belong on the continent while the other explains the complete opposite. The first passage, “The Last Wilderness Preserve” explains how humans should not be on Antarctica. In the passage, it states “ These provisions keep the land safe, however temporarily, from humans’ destructive greed.” This sentence explains the precautions that were taken to protect the wildlife there, and how it defends against
