POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Arctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Koryaks
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74% of canadians think there are penguins in the arctic. Essentially, not many are informed of the arctic. Arctic ocean plus parts of russia, canada, us, norway, sweden, finland, greenland (denmark), and iceland. North of the arctic circle (66 33"n) or. Region where average temp is below 50f in july. The area north of the tree line (this is no longer really relevant since climate change is occurring and the treeline is constantly moving north) Arctic comes from the greek word meaning near the bear in reference to the constellations (great bear or little bear or the north star). Antarctica is the south pole and a continent (and the largest desert) No military activities, no waste storage, no mining, no nuclear explosives. And antarctica is where the penguins live. Climate change the biggest issue in the arctic, it is also a big issue in non-arctic countries. Biodiversity loss as the ecosystem changes and it gets warmer there.
