Greenland

Maritime Exploration in the 1400s 1000 CE the vikings made the risky journey to Greenland and North America from Scandinavia and only until they made technological advance did they feel comfortable dominating the land. Muslims traders made early connections with Southern and Eastern Asia and Marco Polo’s experience even preceded theirs’. The spice lands were known for their international contributions and China, India and Africa were known for giving Europe most of their luxury items. The old…

Monodontidae, only includes Narwhals and Beluga whales. They are part of a one species genus called Monodon and their scientific name in Monodon Monoceros. Narwhals inhabit the cold deep waters of the Arctic Circle, mostly found in North Eastern Canada, Greenland and the Barents Sea. Baffin Bay contains about half the total species population and the Hudson Strait contains a declining population. Occasionally they will ascend rivers. Narwhals depend on ice to make breathing holes, therefor they…

Cultural Difference Culture refers to customs which we practice on a daily basis; arts such as creating visual, auditory or artifacts that describe our imaginative skills; traditions that we believe; beliefs which we make ourselves, in simple terms, our assumptions on everything; languages that we speak to interact with people; lifestyles a way we live; festivals that we celebrate with full happiness and many more that connects a group of people in a society. The word “culture” obtained from the…

The subject of climate change has been hotly debated over the past decade. It is now obvious that the climate is changing and that it is more than likely going to cause problems in the future. The amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere has considerably increased since the Industrial Revolution. As fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, and crude oil are burned, carbon dioxide is discharged into the atmosphere where it is trapped. This is called the greenhouse effect and…

North America is the land mass ranging from Panama and continuing North to Alaska and Greenland. North America also accounts for all of the islands in the Caribbean and in total has twenty-three associated countries. Rail transportation in the United States has been a staple point of industry which has made America into the world’s leading union; however, rail has been forgotten about for many decades. As previously mentioned, America had 408,773 km of Class I rail in 1916. One-hundred years…

While climate change is a serious and potentially catastrophic prospect, it is still widely debated by many both informed and uninformed. However, those who are climate change supporters claim that we have an obligation to rectify this change caused by human influences before it is too late. The Climate Change 2013 (AR5) Synthesis Report is a collection based on reports made by three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with the inclusion of special reports.…

Henry Hudson was an English explorer, sea captain, and navigator during the late 15th century and early 16th century. He made four voyages as attempts to discover a northern route to go to Asia from Europe. Hudson’s route changed several times to avoid ice, bad weather, and shallow waters. He explored much of America and Canada. His exploration was very important in our history; some even say he founded New York. He made four voyages as attempts to discover a northern route to go to Asia from…

The movie "Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation" aims to document the history and opinions of Quebec Inuit during the military relocation of the 1950’s (National Film Board of Canada [NFB], 1995). The film begins by conveying the historical groundwork for the introduction of the Inuit relocation project. Canada and America, both tense from the Cold War, begin to see Canada's northern regions as an important line of defense against Soviet influences. Discussions with the Canadian…

The Rangifer Tarandus, better known as caribou or reindeer, is an herbivorous species living in the tundra. Tundras have a vastly cold climate, with limited vegetation. Caribou are similar to deer; however they are much bigger with a shoulder standing height of 2.8-4.9 feet, and females weigh 175 to 225 pounds, while males weigh about 350 to 400 pounds (Caribou). Reindeer were first found in Norway and were only known as Reindeer, once people started realizing how beneficial the Reindeer were…

due to midterms and stress, we all fell apart and took out our frustrations on one another. As discussed in class, and covered by Andrew Solomon, in “Pupations,” I feel like my roommates and I were living just like the Inuit (Eskimo) peoples of Greenland. Andrew describes the lives of Inuit as hard, and in order for them to survive they have to out and hunt. They are usually big families that share the same space, during the months of no sun; they do nothing but watch the walls melt (209).…