Svalbard

curiosity of food where vegetation is limited. A strong desire calls to explore Svalbard archipelago. Svalbard archipelago is part of Northern Europe. Svalbard is one of the cleanest places on earth. The islands located between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway. Svalbard is a sovereign state of Norway. Norse explorers may have first discovered the archipelago in the 12th century. During the 17th and 18th centuries the islands served as an international whaling base. In 1920 the treaty internationally recognized Norway’s sovereignty and in 1925 Norway officially took over the territory. Coal mining started in the 20th century…

The Doomsday Seed Vault: The Syrian War Prompts First Withdrawal There is a "doomsday" vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies. Now for the first time since the vault was opened on the Svalbard archipelago in 2008, seeds have been withdrawn. The original intent or charter if you will is designed to protect crop seeds such as beans, rice, and wheat against the worst cataclysms of nuclear war or disease (Doyle, 2015). Once you crack the seal, or pop the cork as the…

M2 DBQ 1 Question 1: Scientists are collecting billions of seeds from all the world’s crops to keep in safe storage deep inside a mountain near the North Pole at a location called the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. A. What is the purpose of this seed vault? The purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Bank is this seed vault is to preserve the infancy of 38, 000 seedlings of Fruits, Vegetables, Grain and other dietary food items. This is pertinent, in the case of a worldwide epidemic. If an…

” and so progressed our conversation… With a ticket to anywhere in the world in my hand, I would travel farthest north to Norway’s Svalbard between December and January for the Aurora borealis spectacle de lumière. Night sky phenomena and the countless star that decorate the celestial dome, intrigue me. I long to see a shooting star, the UFO shaped cloud formations etcetera. Thus far, I have read about the meteor showers, the space clouds and asteroid movements; but a trip to Svalbard will…

Iversen’s research study explored the diet of polar bears in coastal areas in the Svalbard Archipelago during the spring seasons between 2003 and 2010. The research scientists studied the frequency of occurrence of food items in 119 polar bear scats samples. The results showed ringed seals occurred in 62.2 % of the scat samples examined. Various terrestrial plants and marine algae also occurred frequently in the scats. I found this source to be incredibly helpful in understanding different…

The Colombus Day Controversy In the town of Svalbard, we have come across a problem, and that problem is Columbus Day. The idea of keeping or deserting Columbus Day has been debated from time to time. I have used the facts and made my decision of what I believe is best for this town. Columbus has been viewed as both a good and a bad man. I do not believe either, but believe he was more bad than he was good, and for that reason this holiday should be discontinued. Although Columbus Day is one of…

if the glacier has enough water stored to maintain surge motion whilst also be thick enough (thus having enough weight) to allow the surge to begin it will start sliding (Craig and Dennis, 2003). Deformable bed mechanisms The deformable bed mechanism appears to takes into account both the Hydrological and thermal regime mechanisms. However it also seems to have the biggest gap in our understanding. It could play a huge role as we think it may when we look at the Svalbard glaciers. (Harrison…

The biome that I picked was the Arctic Tundra. The animal from Arctic Tundra I picked is the polar bear. Female polar bears would rather build their den in old snow,( like from a few years ago.) The polar bear is found in Canada , the U.S (Alaska), Greenland, Russia Norway (the Svalbard archipelago), and Arctic Tundra. The Arctic Tundra climate/weather averages to -30°F. In January it is the coldest weather in Arctic Tundra. It’s about -40°F, in January it has reached -93°F before. Most of the…

You got witch oil in your spirit. Tricky, that is the thing that you are a youngster. Lyra doesn't totally comprehend Mama Costa. (How might you like it if somebody called you "misleading"?) Mama Costa's picture of "swamp fire" provides us some insight, however, with respect to what she truly implies. Bog fire is otherwise called "ignus fatuus," a scary light floating over bogs and bogs that is really caused by the gasses of rotting swamp matter. The wonder is otherwise called…

Langenberger, a german nationalists who said “It was totally clear to everybody that the bear will not survive more than a few days.” This powerful message is implied and yet to occur, however, she was already stating so. Furthermore, it is over exaggerating a negative result, that the bear will die, and seems to give us an impression that we are the ones responsible for such torture to occur. In OD news, the context is far more free of bias as there was no quotes shown. There way of explaining…