Appleseeds articles from February 2003

Appleseeds archives from February 2003

Antarctica frozen desert: Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest place on Earth, covered by thick sheets of blue-white ice and surrounded by fierce, freezing seas.
February 1, 2003... More than 2,000 years ago, early Greek geographers wrote about a giant continent at the bottom of the world. Although no one had actually seen it, they called it Anti-Arktikos, or "opposite of the Arctic." Centuries passed, and no one found...

Amazing Antarctica. (Where in the World?).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Why do people go to the coldest, windiest place on Earth? Scientists study Antarctica to learn new information about Earth. Tourists seek adventure and beauty. Antarctica's land, seas, and sky hold amazing treasures for everyone. (1) Ross...

Living at the bottom of the world.
February 1, 2003... What's it like to live in Antarctica? If you lived at Palmer Station, the United States research station where I spent three months, it would be like this: Where Was I? Palmer Station is on Anvers Island, 20 miles west of the Antarctic...

Tim Brox: Antarctic Scout.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Tim Brox is a very special Eagle Scout. Last year, the Boy Scouts of America and the National Science Foundation sent him to Antarctica as a research assistant. He lived there for five months, during the Antarctic summer. One of Tim's...

Time travelers: take a trip back in time. Imagine going to Antarctica in ...
February 1, 2003... Ancient Times No one knows what is at "the bottom" of Earth, but geographers believe that there must be something there. Some call it Terra Australis Incognita (unknown southern land). 1773 English explorer James Cook searches for...

The story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott.
February 1, 2003... In 1911, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his men plodded across the cold, lonely continent of Antarctica. At the coast, they studied penguins and seals, and along the way collected samples of rare rocks. But their real goal was to be the first...

Would you survive in Antarctica?
February 1, 2003... Sensitive eyes: Antarctic sunlight can be very strong. Believe it or not, you risk a bad sunburn in the summer--as well as snow blindness. In the winter, the days are very dark, making it hard to see. Thin skin: Your skin can't keep you...

Penguins are funny birds.
February 1, 2003... Most penguins in the wild live in the Southern Hemisphere. In addition to Antarctic penguins, there are penguins living on the coast of South Africa, in the Galapagos Islands, in Australia and New Zealand, and along the coasts of Chile and...

Polar problems. (By the Numbers).
February 1, 2003... 1 A penguin builds a nest with 20 rocks. Then he leaves three times, each time stealing 1 rock from another penguin's nest. He adds the stolen rocks to his nest. While he's out stealing, other penguins stole 4 rocks from his nest. After all...

Icebergs: floating snow cones.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Icebergs--giant blocks of ice that float in the sea come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Some are deep blue or green. Some look like floating sculptures. Old icebergs that have been worn down by the weather sometimes look like pillars of...

Walking to the South Pole.
February 1, 2003... Once, when Ann Bancroft was a young girl in Minnesota, she went out in a blizzard and pretended to pull a sled through the snow to a faraway place. Little did Ann realize how much this would become part of her life. Ann Bancroft is the first...

Cooperating at the South Pole.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Around the world, nations compete and sometimes fight over land. The world's nations hove agreed to cooperate in Antarctica, however. They have made it "a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science." In Antarctica, people from different...

Keep cool. (Fun Stuff).
February 1, 2003... Does most at an iceberg float on top of the water or below it? If you let ice melt in a glass of water, will the water spill out of the glass? You could find out the answers by reading, or you could do an experiment. Scientists do...

Sometimes, everyone (even Antarctica) needs a little help ... (Dear Mother Earth: an earthly advice column).
February 1, 2003... Dear Mother Earth, It's me, Antarctica. You know, the Pole down south? I have the subzero temperatures, glaciers, ice, penguins, seals, whales, birds, and scientists. I also have some problems. Here are a couple of them: Problem...

Branching out.
February 1, 2003... Travel to Antarctica with AppleSeeds' consulting editor Rebecca Johnson, in her books Science on the Ice: An Antarctic Journal and Braving the Frozen Frontier: Women Working in Antarctica. Take a trip in other exciting first-person accounts...

The continent of Antarctica is 1 1/2 times the size of the United States. (Fascinating Facts).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Because of its cover of snow and ice, Antarctica is the world's highest continent. Much of its land lies below sea level, however. The weight of millions of years of accumulated snow and ice has pressed the land downward. Antarctica's air...