Svalbard Essays

important aspect of life, because its beautiful sceneries can calm a person’s mind. However, nature can be superior when compared to humankind, because it has the ability to create vulnerability and weaken people’s mentality. Within “Labrador” and “Svalbard”, both of the poets illustrate the theme of nature through the repetition of nature puns. For example, Williams states “shadows/ […] rocks/ […] waters” (Line 1-4), and Padel states “carbony bindweed/ […] Brannich’s guillemots” (Line 3-5), which all

Did you know that our food supply depends on seed banks? This essay will tell you all about them! Seed banks are important to maintain both national and global seed banks, as well as what may threaten the survival of the seeds kept there because they keep seeds from going extinct, they supply farmers with seeds whenever they need them, and they protect the seeds. First off, seed banks are important because they keep seeds from going extinct. We need most seeds to survive. As an example types of

resources and markets. He set sail along with his son and many others. They went east before hitting an iceberg, and had to go back. The next year, Henry Hudson went on another voyage. It was sponsored by the Muscovy Company. The voyage was between Svalbard

Henry Hudson III: The Explorer Throughout the course of history, there have been many brave seamen, courageous explorers, and thoughtful navigators. But one man, Henry Hudson, was all three. Hudson made four incredibly daring voyages to find the nonexistent Northwest Passage, a route to find Asia by going west. Of course, you can’t find something nonexistent, but in the midst of his futile journeys, he made several discoveries that turned out to greatly influence the course of history over the next

Philip Pullman is the author of the children’s book trilogy: His Dark Materials. Due to Pullman’s Atheist claims, the children’s book is extremely controversial all over the world. However, there are many situations throughout His Dark Materials that suggest that there is a God-like higher power at work. Despite Pullman’s claims on being an Atheist, his strong Anglican roots caused him to write a trilogy that sustains the concept of religion and replaces one God with another: Dust. Throughout

There is around 57,308,738 square miles of land surface area on Earth. The Earth doesn’t seem that large. That is just thirty percent of the total earth. Imagine all those square miles were all connected. If only all of the seven continents the earth may seem seven times larger. The thing is this once did happen. When all the continents were combined they were called Pangea. When this was discovered it changed the entire perspective of the world. Theories like, Continental Drift, Seafloor Spreading

believes it is not the ability to act without fear that makes a character courageous, but the ability to overcome it. The fact that Charlie recognises his fear is present, however, does not prevent him from acting courageously as Lyra would. To escape Svalbard and ultimately rescue her friend, Roger, Lyra must trick the bear king, Iofur Racknison, who “Seemed bigger and fiercer every minute” (Pullman, pg 288). Lyra acts confidently and composes herself, continuing to hide her fear. Despite the growing

Abraham Lincoln is one of the most famous presidents of the United States of America solely because of the emancipation proclamation. Although it is an executive order and forces the South to obey it, the South soon comes to terms with and accepts it, which gives hope to more crooked morals that can be straightened out. Godfrey Reggio’s film, Powaqqatsi, is a series of shots that unveils a number of Third World countries in such a way that it tells a story a dying culture; it’s assailant, modernization

Pagurus pubescens in Arctic waters, were studied and the biodiversity of the epifauna on the shells of these hermit crabs were explored. It was determined that the location was an important determining factor in not only the Arctic waters on the Svalbard, but also in Norwegian fjords. It was hypothesized however, that other factors other than location were more integral to the biodiversity of the epifauna on the shells of the Norwegian crabs. Shell area and type were less determining factors, however

Imagine walking through the grocery store, and seeing nearly 500 different types of lettuce to choose from. In grocery stores now, you will be lucky to see 10 different types. For many years we have turned to the use of pesticides as our primary method of producing food. The use of conventional farming has destroyed over 93 percent of the variety of crops (Tomanio). In society, we are used to what foods we have and are oblivious to the fact that there used to be many more options. We are the main

A starved polar bear found dead in Svalbard as "little more than skin and bones" perished due to a lack of sea ice on which to hunt seals, according to a renowned polar bear expert. Climate change has reduced sea ice in the Arctic to record lows in the last year and Dr Ian Stirling, who has studied the bears for almost 40 years and examined the animal, said the lack of ice forced the bear into ranging far and wide in an ultimately unsuccessful search for food.” (Carrington, 2013). Climate Change

Ethiopia is located at the Horn of Africa. It is Africas oldest independent country. Its area is 1.1 million square meters and has a population of 75 million people. Ethiopia has many different nationalities and over 80 different languages. More than 85% of the population live in rural areas. Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries in the world with 47% of the population live in poverty and only 36 % of people above 15 years are literate. Ethiopia is a federal democratic republic with tree