Narwhal

Prison Vs. Freedom During class discussions, the idea of freedom vs. prison has been brought up multiple times with regard to Professor Aronnax and his fellow companions whilst on board the Nautilus. While on a hunt for the evasive “giant narwhal,” the boat that Arronax, Counseil, and Ned Land were traveling on was struck by the Nautilus, sending all three men overboard. They are later taken into the vessel which struck them as “prisoners.” The Nautilus, which is a submarine captained by a…

Maybe, just maybe we shouldn't be so worried about Joker wanting to watch the world to burn, but instead the 7.6 million people who die from cancer every year (World Cancer Day), or global warming making it hard for animals like polar bears, caribou, narwhal, bowhead whale, beluga, and walrus (The Canadian Encyclopedia) to live. Heroism; the desire to help, protect and save things from little too large, no matter the cost. From donating blood to riding your bike or walking…

It is when Professor Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land are aboard the Abraham Lincoln, in pursue of the “ narwhal.” But, all three of them are thrown overboard the ship when they were battling the “ narwhal,” which was really the Nautilus. The battle with the Nautilus is the first conflict. This conflict is person versus person. It is this type of conflict because there are men aboard the Abraham Lincoln…

Renowned American author H. P. Lovecraft once wrote, “Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent”. Presently, the earth is estimated to be around 70% water, yet humanity has only explored less than 5% of the oceans. Imagine what we could learn from the unknowns of the most treacherous depths, and to what possibilities could we utilize all the information gathered? One anomaly quite intriguing is the diverse sea-life, which proceeds to prosper by…

Published in 1868, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea is a science-fiction novel written by Jules Verne. This novel talks about the importance of trust and teamwork. The plot of the novel is about the underwater journey of three men and their life-changing incidents. The author revolves this plot around four main characters and has and an interesting theme. This book starts out by talking about a mysterious sea creature that has damaged many ships. Even though many expeditions were sent, the creature…

Journey of an apex beast comparing to a normal teenage boy that is living in a normal life until one night, someone takes it too far. Call of the Wild by Jack London and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton theme are yet similar but their point of view is different. What makes them differ significantly, is the perspective that London and Hinton wrote and their characters. The Outsiders is written in a first person view of a boy named Ponyboy, while Call of the Wild is written in third person limited of…

seal pup move within the lair. When a seal pup is found the bear uses its strength to break through the lairs roof and slaughters its prey. Polar bears are opportunistic hunters. They hunt other artic marine mammals including whales, walruses, and narwhals, which provide for their substitution for essential calories. Polar bears will eat vegetation and birds when necessary, but they won’t provide the energy they need to survive. The bears are equipped and prepared to survive by whatever means…

Adam Fertig Dr. Krishnan Honors Colloquium 20 February 2017 Inuit: The Culture in the Cold The Arctic circle is a frozen tundra and has some of the harshest living conditions in the world. However, the extreme cold, and never ending snow and ice does not stop the Inuit from living there. The Inuit are offered mistaken for Eskimos. They are a migratory culture, moving around to survive. The Inuit are a group of people whose culture is shaped and changed around the goal of surviving the harsh…

Throughout the history of man, hunting has been a recurring activity among people, helping them survive and evolve. From the beginning, hunting was not only a tool for providing food, it was also used for manufacturing clothes, tools and shelter. For some cultures, this is an important part of their life, not just because it helps them to survive, it also forms part of its tradition and identity. However, over the time, this practice has changed greatly, from the way that people hunt and the…

The collapse of civilizations is possibly one of the most examined aspects of human history. The disappearance of an established culture is a source of fascination for scholars, presumably to give warning to modern societies to not fall into the same traps that have imperiled prior civilizations. The mysterious disappearance of Norse settlements in Greenland in the fifteenth century, after flourishing for five hundred years, is perhaps one of the most enigmatic cases of colony abandonment in…