Investigating Earth’s Polar Biomes (Introduction to Earth Science)

TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 7
CHAPTER 1 GEOGRAPHY OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS......Page 11
ARCTIC OCEAN AND ARCTIC LAND......Page 13
CLIMATE......Page 17
PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE......Page 20
PEOPLE OF THE ARCTIC......Page 25
SCIENTIFIC INTEREST IN THE ARCTIC......Page 29
CONQUERING THE “PASSAGES”......Page 30
THE QUEST FOR THE NORTH POLE......Page 34
THE INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR (IGY)......Page 39
POST-IGY RESEARCH......Page 40
CHAPTER 3 GEOGRAPHY OF ANTARCTICA......Page 44
THE LAND......Page 45
ANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS AND SURROUNDING OCEANS......Page 48
THE SOUTH POLES......Page 50
CLIMATE......Page 52
PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE......Page 53
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 61
WHALING AND FISHING......Page 62
MINERALS AND OTHER RESOURCES......Page 65
POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS......Page 68
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH......Page 71
EARLY EXPEDITIONS......Page 73
LATER EXPEDITIONS AND STUDIES......Page 76
CONCLUSION......Page 80
GLOSSARY......Page 82
FOR MORE INFORMATION......Page 84
WEB SITES......Page 86
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 87
INDEX......Page 88