Arctic Circle

The novel begins foreshadowing and introducing Victor in the Arctic Circle, floating on a piece of ice close to death, and he is found by seamen Robert Walton. Victor Frankenstein is a Switzerland scientist who had the deep desire to recreate and reanimate a being with dea body parts. However, once he realized what he…

Moscow after being driven back by the Mongols. Ivan the Terrible in 1533 sought to change this and his strategy was to attack attack attack till you have a good border to defend. The new borders of Russia reached the Urals, Caspian Sea, and the Arctic Circle, “Now the Russians had a partial buffer zone and a hinterland—strategic depth—somewhere to fall back to in the case of invasion.” (Marshall, 15) With these new borders offering protection, Russia could look to areas of trade and nationalism…

Iceland is located in the North Atlantic sea, near the arctic circle. Iceland is 40,000 square miles large, which is approximately the size of Virginia and Kentucky combined. Only around 20 percent of the island is inhabited, and it is smallest country in Europe based on population (Geography). Some refer to the island as the land of fire and ice due to the presence of both glaciers and volcanoes (Gunnarsdóttir, Nanna, 2016). Volcanoes can even be found beneath glaciers. Glaciers cover more than…

One of the main topics of Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein appears as the desire for power. One character that shows its desire for power in Frankenstein is the creature, which Victor Frankenstein brought to life after almost two years of working only to flee in terror of it.. The creature shows this desire for power throughout the novel, especially when it begins to kill the people that Victor Frankenstein cares about. The creature almost immediately obtains its freedom at the beginning of…

the country is covered with woods, 8 percent is put to agricultural use and 10 percent consists of water. Finland has more than 60,000 lakes and there are more than 20,000 small islands along its coast. A third of the country lies north of the arctic circle. The landscape in Finland slowly changes from the flat (sometimes a bit sloping) and lake rich south (of which one doesn't see much from the roads) to the higher hills and vast woods in the north. In the extreme north of Finland there are…

Vinland and L'Anse, they became aware of a native people in the area. Archeologists theorize these people were either the early Eskimos or Thule Inuits, who were a nomadic group that travelled throughout the Arctic Circle in search of whales for food; therefore, they were well adapted to the harsh Arctic climate (Berman). Erik the Red found evidence of a native group on his first expedition to Greenland, and Lief made contact with natives in 1001 during his exploration of L'Anse and Vinland.…

12. James Cook James Cook, a captain of the English Royal Navy and fellow seaman, disproved the theory about the “Southern Continent” when he led the first expedition to cross the Antarctic Circle. Throughout his expeditions, Cook created numerous charts of unexplored islands in the Pacific Ocean. On his third voyage south he discovered many islands, including Hawaii. Cook’s discoveries and numerous charts became invaluable to the future English explorers. 13. Vitus Bering The Danish explorer…

If you’ve ever dreamed of escaping from the rat race and going somewhere you can live simpler life, more in tune with nature, then Life Below Zero is the reality show for you. Unlike other reality shows like Alaskan Bush people (which feels very scripted and unrealistic) there’s no question that what you see on Life Below Zero is authentic. The show follows the lives of people who live in the most remote parts of Alaska and shows viewers just what it takes to live a subsistence lifestyle. These…

true but 17 years of temperature change is not by any means very long term. If we based everything on even a hundred year scale we would not get the most accurate statistics. Another ridiculous reason is that the arctic ice has increased by 50 percent since 2012. “Core measures of the arctic ice show that it has increased in volume since 2012, which argues against global warming causing ice caps to melt.” First of all, not many scientists even argue that global warming cause ice caps to melt.…

Like dolphins, orcas use echolocation - bouncing sound off of objects to determine their location and to hunt and use a series of high-pitched clicks to stun prey.“Found in all oceans of the world, orcas are most common in the Arctic and Antarctic and are often spotted off the west coast of the United States and Canada. Orcas are found in both coastal waters and open ocean.” according to Defenders of Wildlife. Orcas are highly social animals that travel in groups called pods.…