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    little time on land and like to swim in North atlantic and Arctic oceans. There Diet helps them survive , along with their adaptations and interactions. A Harp seals Habitat can be found of the east coast of Canada , eastern Russia , and eastern Greenland. Harp seals spend little time on land and like to swim in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. These smooth and glossy swimmers , swim these chilly waters feed on fish and crustaceans . They can be submerged for up to 15…

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    Glacial Retreat

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    ice accumulation patterns all over the world. Most importantly there has been a focus on Greenland with respect to its glaciers and their impact on sea-level rise. It has been found in several studies that Greenland is seeing faster than typical rates of warming and thus glacial melting than most any other place on earth (Bekryaev, 2010). Given the significant volume of ice held within glaciers on Greenland, there is a hugely significant volume of water that should be concerning for the…

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    film “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Quarky, lame, negative assets manager Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) gets thrust into a conundrum where he is forced to leave his country in search of a missing negative. We see Walter in enter three countries, Greenland, Iceland, and Afghanistan…

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    today. History, particularly the historic backgrounds of ancient, medieval, and modern times, can educate people on solutions to these problems. First, Jared Diamond explains how climate change influences lifestyles of the ancient Maori and medieval Greenland Norse. Second, Richard A. Muller addresses the dangers of the coal global market, it’s origin, and biological terrors that still influence global pandemics today. Lastly, the third author, John Aberth, explains how people dealt with global…

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    Narwhal Research Paper

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    by killer whales and polar bears, and changes to their prey base. Narwhals are also a source of food for some communities in the Artic. Their skin, “maktaq”, is eaten both raw and boiled as a great source of vitamin C in the Inuit of Canada and Greenland. Their tusks are also an essential source of income for Inuit hunters and carvers in some communities. Inuit organizations, scientists,…

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    a Nordic seafarer that plundered and pillaged countless seaside villages and merchant ships. This is a common misconception, since most "Vikings" were actually farmers, merchants, and explorers. Early Vikings travelled to and colonized Iceland, Greenland, and even areas around Newfoundland. Had the Vikings ventured south towards the eastern coastline of North America, colonization of the land would soon follow, and this alternate event would have been better than what actually occurred in…

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    Leif Erikson

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    old), his father was banished from Iceland for killing a man, so he and his family set out on a boat with slaves and supplies, heading west. They called the land they later found Greenland. There they settled, later encouraging other Icelanders to join them. In 986 CE, Bjarni Herjólfsson, an explorer, arrived in Greenland looking for his father. Whilst Bjarni was exploring, he got lost along the way and found Leif. He told Leif about a mysterious land he saw, but it wasn’t until a decade later,…

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    astronomy, but he decided to focus on the study of meteorology. Wegener had his first expeditions in 1906. This year he went to Greenland as the official meteorologist. They explored the coastline of the island, something that hadn’t been done before.. During the…

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    Novo The Vikings Analysis

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    the Icelandic sagas Erik the Red located Greenland after being vanished from Iceland due to violence. When Erik returned to Iceland to spread the word of his discovery he left with twenty ships to return to Greenland. Of the twenty ship fourteen made it to Greenland. Erik the red's son Lief would later go on to settle in North America. The motivation for Lief to seek new land was to find an unspoiled land with more resources than the frozen coasts of Greenland. This lead to the discovery of New…

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    Inuit Research Paper

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    Inuit inhabit the Arctic region, THe Inuit lands that stretch 12,000 miles from parts of Siberia, Alaskan coast, Canada, and Greenland. Moreover, the Inuit are one of the most widely dispersed people in the world, but number only about 60,000 in population. Between 25,000 and 35,000 are in Alaska, with other smaller groups in Canada, Greenland, and Siberia. Likewise, the main territory of the Haida tribe is the archipelago if the northern British Columbia. In addition, the region in which they…

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