EARTH 10- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 37 pages long!)
Document Summary
Study guide: antarctica important driver of global climate. Some of the fastest rates of warming on earth (like a big fridge at bottom of planet) Natural resources: fisheries and economic minerals (hard to extract minerals) Venue for int"l collab: no one owns antarctica- governed by int"l treaty, world"s coldest continent. Coldest temp ever recorded on earth was -89. 2 c on july 21,1983 near vostok (russian. Zealand) and transantarctic mountains: weddell sea: seas, ice shelves, mountains, subglacial lakes, ice-free lands, volcanic island near joinville island, dry-valleys, ross sea: bordered on its west by e antarctica & transantarctic mountains; less hemmed in. Ice shelves (boundaries of ross & weddell seas): floating ice extension of glaciers; ice. Lake whillans: 3931 diff specifies- some break down minerals for energy. Isolation from ocean currents: circumpolar ocean makes antarctica cold: subantarctic islands: between 46-60 degrees s.
