Antarctic Peninsula

situated in the Antarctic region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. Antarctica has an area of 14 million km2. In fact, it is twice bigger than Australia and 98% of the land is covered by ice that averages at least 1.9 kilometers in thickness (Fretwall et al. 2013; Tinger 1991; Wayman 2013). 2.2 Geology Antarctica is predominantly and permanently covered by thick layer of ice. The Antarctica peninsula is made by…

why Sir Ernest Shackleton braved this passage in a lifeboat to save his crew than this is a good read for you. Drakes Passage, A Cramped piece of ocean only 800 km wide. “The gap between the tip of South America and the end [islands] of the Antarctic Peninsula.” (82) The shortest passage to any islands around the continent of Antarctica. It may seem like a good idea to take advantage of this passage, but Drake’s Passage, addressed by some as…

Group Dynamics and Hunting Behavior of Wolves and Wolves of the Seas Mammals come in all shapes and sizes. Mammals are different from each other, but all have certain things in common. For example, they all breathe air, give live birth, and have hair at some point in their life. But what makes certain mammals different from one another. There are two specifically that we want to dive deeper into. The first being Wolves and the second being Orcas also known as the wolves of the sea. We will look…

ice shelf of Larsen B extended over 3,250 square kilometers, a range that is particularly larger than Luxemburg and it was gone by the end of the accompanying month. The whole 220-meter thick ice rack crumbled into the ocean within the space of an Antarctic summer. Due to the sensational breakdown, researchers have been attempting to see how the shelf could vanish so rapidly. The structure of an ice shelf can only be formed when a glacier is at the coast and streams into the sea. In the event…

It was described as “the largest single event in a series of retreats by ice shelves in the peninsula over the last 30 years”, by the U.S.-based National Snow and Ice Data Center. However, he points out the fact that the shelf was 200 meters thick, equaling to about 500 tons of ice, with a surface area “three times the size of Hong Kong” at the…

Laying on my board completely silent, 600 miles from civilization. I can not think of a more spiritual and invigorating feeling. The ice surrounding me crackles as air escapes. I watch a baby penguin chick chase an adult around, begging for food. The adult escape the taunting by diving into the water. It zips around beneath the water’s surface and under my board. In the distance there’s a cracking sound from a glacier slowly creeping forward. No matter how many times I’m out here, it feels…

Climate change dates back to the mid-1800‘s, when the industrial revolution began to take place all around the world. Since then, the lives of human and animal species have been negatively affected. Events such as natural disasters, the melting of ice in polar regions, and the change in weather effect the living conditions of everyone. Climate changes in polar regions have caused the most damage compared to any other region due to its location in regard to the sun. Although there are differing…

impossible to pin any single unusual weather event on global warming, but emerging evidence indicates that planetary heating is already influencing the weather” (page 1). Thus, when compared to National Geographic, whose author writes: “The western Antarctic Peninsula has warmed so drastically because of a combine in rising global temperatures and regional shifts in ocean and gentle wind streams. Worldwide, temperatures have warmed far more slowly—an average of one degree Fahrenheit (0.56…

Olivia Denton Spanish II Sra. Miller October 31, 2014 Chile Chile stretches 4,300 km along the southwestern coast of South America (Welcome to Chile). The maximum length from east to west is 240 km (Welcome to Chile). To the north, Chile is bordered by Peru and Bolivia (Chile- Geography). The southernmost point is Cape Horn (Welcome to Chile). The southern border is the Drake Sea (Geography and Climate in Chile). To the east, Chile is bordered by Argentina (Chile- Geography). On the eastern…

existence in this planet is global warming. It is even a challenge for some to believe it, going so far as to call it a hoax. The rise of the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere is believed to permanently change our climate. The fact that Antarctic Peninsula being the most rapidly-warming part of the southern hemisphere, about 10 times faster than the rest of the world, impacting on the volume of water in the world’s ocean. It’s time to think of the future generations and stop…