Preserving and Protecting Antarctica: Task

Task: In two's prepare an aspect (as allocated) as a word document. Upload it to www.scribd.com & embed it as a post in the blog. Feel the fear & do it anyway so the Geographical World can read your work!

The concept of wilderness -take a short visit!

Two trips to Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada

and five minutes in Antarctica

The threats to Antarctica

Just a single page PowerPoint slide. Complete to identify the threats to key aspects of Antarctica -what makes Antarctica special & why is it under threat?

Another good blog

This school blog has some good stuff uploaded already -have a look! Thanks!

Its just a start, but here are some links to sources of general information about Antartica. They should help to build up your background knowledge.
British Antarctic survey
Guardian special report on Antarctica
link to info on research stations and lots of other resources
link to BBC A/V content on Antarctica
US Antarctic programme
Video: Antarctica's Big Meltdown!
Discovering Antarctica - great site!
Cool Antarctica - a classic! You may remember this from year 9

There are some great YouTube videos. I have embedded them into the blog. There may be more!

3 YouTube videos on Antarctica to get you thinking!

Antarctica in 5 minutes

A year on Ice

Cool Antarctica

The Materials are available to download from the Edexcel website -Issues Analysis, Paper 6. There is alot to read! There are masses of issues to explore so its time to get organised & get cracking!