Svalbard

On December 25, 2013, people worldwide were enjoying Christmas with loved ones. However in Meliandou, Guinea, the picture was bleak for a one-year-old boy named Emile and his family (1). Emile had begun shivering, so his concerned parents checked his temperature where they discovered Emile had a fever. They did what any parent would do with a child running a fever; they tried to get the fever down and gave Emile some soup. Despite their best efforts, the fever worsened and would not come down. Shortly

Origins of the Conflict—the US 's Policy Mistakes that Bite The dispute over the Diaoyu Islands is an instance of imprudent United States (US) policies coming back to bite several decades later. The Diaoyu Islands are no more than five uninhabited islands that lie close to China and Taiwan 's coast. Today, these tiny islands are the source of intense conflict between China and Japan. The US made two bad policy decisions that led to the stalemate today. First was the poor post-war treatment of

AMENAZADO El Ártico es el área alrededor del Polo Norte de la Tierra. En el Ártico están incluidas zonas como Rusia, Estados Unidos (Alaska), Canadá, Groenlandia, Islandia, la región de Laponia, en Suecia, Noruega y Finlandia, y las islas Svalbard, y el océano Ártico. El Ártico en su mayor parte está formado por banquisa, el hielo marino es una capa de hielo flotante que se forma en las regiones oceánicas polares. El Ártico está sufriendo un proceso de deshielo debido a los gases

Physical Aspects: At an area of 11,375 square kilometres Wapusk National Park is Canada's 37th national park. Wapusk National Park is in the Hudson Plains, there are not many visitor facilities making this park truly wild and undisturbed. This is to protect and preserve the fragile tundra environment. In my poster there are a variety of animals, trees, plants and birds that exist in the Park. Most of Wapusk National Park is made up of bog and tundra. In the summer the park's marshy wetlands and

One Wacky Winter By: Gannon I was just on my way home from school when it all began. I had decided to grab some lunch at McDonalds on the way home when I noticed the most peculiar sights. There were some bite marks on the sign, there was nobody working the register, and I even saw a kid outside eating the apples from his meal! “One burger and fries please,” I said through the speaker. There was silence on the other end. “Hello? Hmm must not be open,” I said as I drove away. Almost like magic, I bluntly

Throughout many years, our Earth’s climate has changed and fluctuated many times. As of today, our climate has been increasing dramatically. This has to do with burning too many fossil fuels and creating more greenhouse gases, which make the Earth absorb more sunlight from the sun’s rays. Although this is hurting humans, no one has really thought about how it is affecting the arctic animals. It has affected polar bears and their way of life. Climate change is also affecting lemmings, and the way

So, we went to Spitzbergen to see Arctic birds like the Ross’s Gull, Atlantic Puffin, Ivory Gull, Pink-legged Goose, and King Eider. But some of our most memorable moments were provided by polar bears. Spitzbergen (meaning jagged mountains) is a collection of islands northeast of Norway and halfway between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole. We cruised through these island on a former Royal Dutch Navy icebreaker which held our birding group of about a dozen and nearly 100 other passengers. Our

I used to enjoy the cold. Now I dream of being home in front of my apartment’s space heater. Right now, it’s 11:00am back at home and Summer should drag herself out of bed soon. “Summer, Summer!”, I yell as I shake her out of her peaceful slumber. “Wake up!” “The sun’s not even up yet.” Summer groaned as she rolled over in her sleeping bag. She does this every morning. I give in to the daily routine and reply with, “The sun’s never gonna be up in winter.” Summer doesn’t acknowledge the fact that

With all of the going’s on in the world today, a disruptive political Presidential campaign, global warming, countries at war with each other, financial deficit, drug abuse, refugee problems, political and social instability, unequal distribution of financial resources, unemployment, population growth, and the worlds top problems which are poverty, hunger and water crisis the world seems to be in a pretty bleak place to be in. (listverse.us) The world’s natural resources are quickly being used up

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault provides a safety net for the declining level of agricultural diversity around the world by saving “duplicates” of seeds in a highly protected environment. This is important because humans are becoming increasingly dependent on a decreasing number of crops, which makes us vulnerable to harvest failures, and could be a factor in the rise of diabetes and heart disease. The island of Svalbard is located about half-way between the North Pole and Norway, where the temperatures