THE ANTARCTIC
|
|
THE ANTARCTIC
Description of the Antarctic, location, climate and characteristics. The Antarctic Continent, its severe climate, poor vegetation. The blue whale, marine elephant, seals, penguins & albatrosses. The conquest of the South Pole: Amundsen, Scott,... Scientific observation stations of different countries. Summary.
|
INTRODUCTION
- The Antarctic is probably the most unknown and difficult place to explore in the whole planet.
- Main characteristics of the Antarctic
- The Antarctic climate and its importance on the world’s climate
THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT
- The Antarctic is an enormous continental land-mass covered with snow. Extension and location.
- The Antarctic is a continent. Characteristics.
- Animal and vegetal life in the Antarctic
- Temperature, winds, sun
- Difference between winter and summer
- 90% of all total volume of fresh-water available on our planet is to be found here.
- Icebergs: formation and characteristics
LIFE IN THE ANTARCTIC
- The severe Arctic climate: plants, mosses, liquens and algae.
- Since vegetation is so poor, animal species have no alternative but to search for their food in the sea: plankton, krill.
- The whales
- Marine elephant – Seals
- The penguins: different species. Emperor penguins
- Albatrosses
MAN IN THE ANTARCTIC
- Roald Amundsen and the conquest of the South Pole.
- Robert Falcon Scott and his attempt to conquest the Antarctic
- Nowadays, scientific examination of its fauna, its the flora, its climate and pollution and its effect on the planet is carried out.
- There is also an International Agreement whereby it is forbidden to use the natural resources of the last virgin continent of our planet.
SUMMARY |
|
|
|
|
