Arctic Circle

Did you know that in the late adolescent stages of life, teenagers have a 200 percent increased chance of dying? This is because it's proven that the teenage brain is wired for risk taking due to peer pressure and other factors. In Jeanne Miller's informational article ‘The Debt We Owe to the Adolescent Brain’ it is explained through a myriad of different methods and text structures that our brains during adolescence are distinctly different than that of our brains in our childhood and adult…

deception comes to a point that it will eventually blow up in the faces of everyone involved. Setting and Genre Deception Point is set in recent times in Washington, DC during the presidential election. It is also set on the Milne Ice Shelf in the Arctic Circle where the discovery is found. It is also set on the Goya, Michael Tolland’s ship that his television show is filmed on. Deception Point is a political fiction which deals with the presidential election and the deception involved with…

The eskimo society can be viewed as a structural-functional approach, where each member works together to meet the essential needs. The eskimos work together in order to survive the severe cold weather of-30 to-50 degree from September to June. Each person in the community takes on a role in order to provide foods, clothing, and other skills for each member in the society. The men take on the role of hunting the food, in their case a seal, in order to survive, as it is the only food they have in…

Polar Bear Classification and Evolution The Polar Bear is a large species of bear that is found inhabiting the ice fields in the Arctic Ocean. It is the biggest species of bear in the world (with the exception of the Kodiak Brown Bears found in Alaska which can reach similar sizes) with males often weighing-in at around 600kg. Thought to be closely related to the Brown Bear, the Polar Bears' name actually means "Sea Bear" as they are known to not just spend a great deal of time close to the…

trees they can possibly run out. Also, is the animals are running low their tools can also run low. Both tribes have challenges but they also most always get through it. The tribes do not live in the same places. The Inuit can be found in the Arctic Circle. But,…

current atmospheric changes that are occurring in the Arctic are forcing record weather events that are contributing to the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. Within the atmosphere, the Arctic is undergoing extreme fluctuations related to climate change that are greater than any other point of the earth. Due to the current atmospheric changes that are occurring in the Arctic, the Greenland ice sheet is rapidly melting and as a result, the Arctic Circle is accelerating towards an ice-free area,…

The Arctic and Subarctic regions of the western hemisphere have been populated with Native North American inhabitants since before European contact in the 1500s. The Arctic and Subarctic regions comprise a vast amount of land, and varying topography and environmental conditions that influence the socio-cultural organization and daily lives of the region’s inhabitants. The Native American groups that occupy these regions live in close conjunction with their environment. Additionally, these…

such as a neighbourhood in Surrey, BC, because the average temperature is much colder, and the winters much harsher in comparison. Few people are adapted to the arctic weather in Nunavut, hence why the population is so small. Many newcomers to Canada would be incredibly unprepared for harsh winters in areas within the Arctic Circle, as a majority of immigrants come from nations who do not suffer from treacherous winters, or the whole season of winter at…

grew with characterization. One thing this book is very specific in is its imagery. You could feel and see it like a movie. Staying alive was extremely hard because of starvation and scurvy (lack of vitamins). However, not as hard as living in the Arctic…

Instead of a fiery portrayal as in the rest of the circles, the deepest stratum of hell is icy and frozen. In the Ninth Circle of Hell, the sinners are either murderers or traitors, and their punishment reflects their depravity. In Round 3 of the this Circle, the murderers/traitors of guests are encased in ice, all except for half their faces above the ice and their tears creating a frosty layer covering their eyes. These sinners are part of the frozen lake, Cocytus, because their act of…