NORTH POLE 66 degrees N to the pole

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NORTH POLE 66 ½ degrees N to the pole
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NORTH POLE

• NO LAND, JUST AN ICE CAP WHICH
• HAS BEEN SHRINKING THROUGH THE
• YEARS.
• POLAR BEARS LIVE IN THE ARCTIC
• AREA
• SEALS LIVE IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH POLES

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In North Pole, not in South Pole
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POLAR BEARS GENERALLY LIVE AROUND THE FRINGES OF
ICE TO HUNT SEALS. MANY ARE NOW DROWNING BECAUSE
THEY ARE BEING
STRANDED AT SEA BY MELTING ICE. THE
POPULATION OF POLAR BEARS HAS BEEN DECLINING AS
WELL AS THEIR WEIGHT.
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SANTA MAY HAVE TO FIND A NEW HOME IF THE ICE
IN THE NORTH POLE CONTINUES TO MELT
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AURORA BOREALIS IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
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AURORA BOREALIS
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AURORA BOREALIS-NORTHERN LIGHTS

• Occur when charged particles (electrons or
  protons) from the sun collide with gas molecules
  high in the earths atmosphere.
• The collisions cause the gas molecules to emit
  light the color depends on the type of gas.

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ANTARCTICA
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GENERAL INFORMATILON

• Size of United States and Mexico combined (5.5
  million square miles)
• Temperatures can range from 59 degrees F to -129
  degrees F
• Highest desert in the world
• Earthquakes all over the world can be monitored
• October-February are summer months
• March-September are winter months
• Driest air in the world

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SEVEN COUNTRIES HAVE TERRITORIAL CLAIMS NOBODY
RECOGNIZES EACH OTHERS CLAIMS
AUSTRALIA HAS CLAIMED 41 OF ANTARCTICA BUT THOSE
CLAIMS ARE NOT RECOGNIZED BY OTHER COUNTRIES
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16 COUNTRIES HAVE PERMANENT BASES HERE
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MINERAL WEALTH

• Antarctica has many minerals including
• chromium, copper, iron ore, gold, uranium,
• lead, tin, and others.
• The 1991 Madrid Protocol forbids countries from
  mining these minerals.

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ANTARCTICA HAS NEVER HAD A WAR ON ITS LAND HAS
BEEN DECLARED A ZONE OF PEACE ANTARCTIC TREATY
1961 FORBIDS MILITARY ACTIVITY NO PASSPORTS ARE
REQUIRED TO GO THERE IF YOU GO THERE , YOULL BE
HIGH AND DRY (PLATEAU 10,000 FT.)
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ANTARCTICA CONTAINS 70 OF THE WORLDS FRESH
WATER SUPPLY 90 OF THE WORLDS ICE
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ICE IN ANTARCTICA IS ALSO MELTING AT AN
ACCELERATED PACE.
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PENGUIN POPULATION IS FALLING
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ESTIMATED 32 VOLCANOES IN ANTARCTICA
MT. EREBUS IN ANTARTICA
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TWO CURRENTLY ACTIVE
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