The narrator boarded a Russian research ship and set foot on the Antarctic continent after a 100 hour journey. Antarctica was once part of the supercontinent Gondwana along with India 650 million years ago, but then the continents split apart and Antarctica became isolated and extremely cold. Studying Antarctica helps us understand changes to our planet in the past, present and future, as even small climate changes there can have large global repercussions.

1. By: Tishani Doshi
A PowerPoint presentation by: Mrinal
Sir

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 The narrator boarded a Russian Research Ship: the Akademik
Shokalskiy.

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 He was heading towards the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the
world- Antarctica.
 He set foot on the Antarctic continent
after travelling 100 hours.
 650 million years ago a giant
supercontinent Gondwana did exist.
 India and Antarctica were parts of the
same landmass i.e Gondwana.
 Gondwana thrived for 500 million yrs.

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 Gondwana had a warm climate and a huge variety of flora and fauna.

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 Then the landmass was forced to disintegrate into countries as they exist
today.
 India was pushed towards the North. South America drifted off to join
North America.
 The drake passage was opened up to create a cold circumpolar current.

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 It kept Antarctica frigid, desolate and at the bottom of the world.

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 Antarctica has never sustained a human population.
 If we want to study and examine the earth’s past, present and future,
Antarctica is the right place to go.
 “Students on Ice” programme of Geoff Green aims at taking high school
students to the end of the world.

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 The programme helps them to develop a new understanding and respect
to our planet.

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 Antarctica is the perfect place to study how little climatic changes can
have big repercussions.
 Global warming and further depletion of Ozone layer can effect the
Antarctic region.

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 They may bring disastrous climatic and environmental changes in the
world.

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