Antarctica by Johel Tutak

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Antarctica

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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ANTARCTICA

BY JOHEL TUTAK

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HISTORY

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GONDWANA

Supercontinent
Before Pangea
Early form of Antarctica

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EDMUND HALLEY

JAMES COOK

FIRST CROSSING

SEAL HUNTERS

Governments lost interest
1784-1822
Millions of seals died

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THADDEUS VON BELLINGHAUNSEN

FIRST SIGHTING OF THE MAINLAND

JOHN DAVIS

FIRST LANDING

RACE TO THE SOUTH POLE

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ROBERT FALCON SCOTT

Started with a lead
Many more supplies
Entire team ended up dying
From Britain

RONALD AMUNDSEN

Started behind
Few supplies
Won the race!
From Norway

GEOGRAPHY

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EAST

Plateau
~1600ft above sea level
Higher
Colder

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WEST

Mountainous
Antarctic peninsula
Surrounding islands
Transantarctic Mountain Range

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NATURAL resources

Chromium
Coal
Copper
Gold
Hydrocarbon
Finfish

NATURAL RESOURCES PT.2

Iron
Nickel
Crab
Finfish
Krill

BENTLEY SUBGLACIAL TRENCH

2549 METERS BELOW SEA LEVEL

VINSON MASSIF

1493 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL

MOUNT CASERTZ

VOLCANO

HUMANS/WILDLIFE

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Nototheniodei

Antarctic cod, dragon fish, and icefish

SEALS

FUR SEALS AND SEA LIONS

WHALES

FROM DOLPHINS TO BLUE WHALES

CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC ANIMALS

Evidence that they exist in Antarctica
Chemically leech bedrock
No energy from sun
1/2 ecosystems

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HUMANS

No naitives
Over ten people were born
31 countries
Every other continent

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Johel Tutak