A journey to the end of the earth

Powerpoint Presentation of
A Journey To The End Of The Earth
By Raashi Dua
(Arwachin Bharti Bhawan Sr Sec School,Vivek Vihar)

Saturday, May 2, 2020 RAASHI DUA

From India to Antarctica

Location of Madras(Chennai)

Location of Antarctica

A closer look at Antarctica

Introduction
In ‘Journey to the End of the Earth’ Tishani Doshi
describes the journey to the coldest,driest and
windiest continent in the world: Antarctica.
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent. It
contains the geographic South Pole and is situated
in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere,
almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is
surrounded by the Southern Ocean.

How did Tishani Doshi go to
Antarctica?
She went under a programme‘Students on Ice’ .
This programme was started by a Canadian,
Geoff Green, with the aim to take school
students to such places so that they learn about
the earth they are living on and about how
human action is causing global warming and
destroying the environment

The people who travel to or live in
Antarctica fall into two main groups:-
(1) those who live and work on scientific
research stations or bases
(2)tourists
No one lives in Antarctica indefinitely in the
way that they do in the rest of the world. It
has no commercial industries, no towns or
cities, no permanent residents

Amusing information
There was once an Indian post office that was situated in Antarctica?
Yes, it was an exciting place to be at one point of time. It was
established in the year 1984 during the third Indian expedition to
Antarctica. It was located at Dakshin Gangotri, which was the first
scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica

As exciting as it sounds, this post office was indeed
situated in a stunning location and it was more than just
a post office. In its times, it used to double up as a place
for multiple support systems, including the presence of
an ice-melting plant, laboratories, storage,
accommodation, recreation facilities, a clinic and also a
bank counter.

Shifting of Indian subcontinent

Russian ship-Akademik Shokalskiy

Time Zones
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Previous location of India in relation to
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Three bodies of water
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean

Important
It is guessed that 650 million years ago a landmass existed
which was named Gondwana. But after 500 million years
this land mass separated into countries .Gondwana was
pushed downwards toward the south pole. There
are cold currents near S Pole because of which water
freezed here in this region and this region is now known as
Antarctica .Therefore there are no human settlements there
till date. In Antarctica ,It is
6 months day 6months night due to the tilt of the earth at
25degrees.Human beings began to appear
12000 years ago

Calving of ice

Drake passage

Pyhtoplankton- is a microscopic grass
found at the sea-bed in Antarctica

A Midge

A mite

Crab-eater seal

People wearing Gore-Tex in Antarctica
Gore-Tex

Base station in Antarctica

What is a gangplank
gangplank

The Gulf Stream is a strong ocean current that brings warm
water from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean. It extends
all the way up the eastern coast of the United States and
Canada.

Carbon Cycle

Ship was stuck b/w Tadpole island &
the peninsulaSaturday, May 2, 2020 RAASHI DUA

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