The first few chapters state how prosperous the mountain climbing business is due to the sky-high (no pun intended) cost that mountain guides charge their clients. The main guide in the novel Into Thin Air is a man named Rob Hall and he makes a fine living by charging $65,000 per person to climb Mount Everest. This is clearly a great deal of money so he had better treat and protect his clients extremely well or else his reviews would dive. The kind of people that pay for this trip have to be people that obviously have no problem throwing their money away, nor do they seem to mind the high chance that they will throw their life away in attempting to summit this grand mountain. I figure Rob Hall spends a lot of his paycheck paying off his own hospital bills because of his various ailments he receives from climbing a snow-covered mountain his entire life.
The effect of global warming on the polar bear population and lack of substantial measures to stop the extinction of this species has resulted in public outcry in recent years. However, Wente argues that the public is being deceived by scientists who have become fixated on manipulating the plight of the polar bears to obtain “more media face-time” (par.11) instead of conducting “actual polar bear research” (par.11). Wente references researchers Zac Unger and Kelsey Eliasson to assert that, contrary to popular belief, the polar-bear population is not declining and in fact much bigger than it were 40 years ago. The most effective technique employed in Wente’s persuasive strategy is her appeal to emotion. Wente understands that her audience is particularly sensitive about the state of the polar bears so she opens with a dramatic claim that polar bears will soon be “only left in the zoos” (par.1) and the population will decline by “two-thirds by mid-century” (par.1).
“The Simple Struggle of Survival” Aishah Ali “March of the Penguins” Star Rating: Luc Jacquet Wildlife Documentary Labelled as a love story in "the harshest place on earth," March of the Penguins is a documentary about the extraordinary yet excruciating voyage of Antarctica's oldest inhabitants, the emperor penguins, during their winter mating season. Director Luc Jacquet tracks a deadly course of life at the edge of the world, with exquisite footage of a hostile yet beautiful, environment that most of us will never visit. Birth, death, romance, danger: All play a role in Jacquet's admiration and respect to the remarkably endearing creatures. Morgan Freeman explains the journey that takes place each winter, when thousands of emperor penguins toss their bodies from their comfy, watery homes and waddle off single file, chattering , honking and flapping their wings, until they reach the breeding ground in a cruelly inhospitable part of the continent. That they have the strength to accomplish this act is astonishing — though many older penguins “simply fade away” in the process.
These scientists play a very important role in developing new ways to protect the seal population. In relation to this article Duke University faculty and the International Fund for Animal Welfare were major stake holders in publishing the study. The issue of the decline in harp seal population is global, economic and biological. The warming of the oceans’ waters is a problem that humans and wildlife are facing all over the world. It is also a problem that does not have many possible solutions, causing it to be the most detrimental to harp seals.
After several weeks Huggy Face saw the adversity of creatures that lived there, which was a total bonus on his behalf; he knew it’d become more than a want but a wish to be there for every traveler in the world. Though Captain Huggy Face and his crew were aware of the sunny, windy and slight rain fall of the island, they knew that this was what they’d been searching for all those years. Now it was finally time to call it their own! Due to the adversity and frightful characteristics of the island they gave the island the name of “El Miedo”, meaning “Fear Island” in Spanish. In their eyes it was just the perfect vacation
A Guide to Florida’s Wildlife Most people associate Florida with a famous mouse called Mickey, a clumsy dog called Goofy and a loveable duck called Donald. However, despite throngs of tourists snapping countless photo’s with the aforementioned cartoon legends during memorable holidays to Florida, America’s sunshine state is home to a startling array of wildlife that would surprise most visitors. Let’s take a closer look at a few of Florida’s natural inhabitants. We’ve all heard of the famous Miami Dolphins NFL team, aptly named considering the plentiful population of dolphins off the Florida’s shores. However, there are other mammals parading the Floridian coastal waters in the unmistakable shape of manatees.
Drilling in Alaska Some of the most amazing landscapes I have seen have been out of the Alaskan wilderness, but unfortunately it is threaten by industrial expansionists wishing to drill for “black gold” or Oil. I will be analyzing an essay from 1991 entitled The Great Alaskan Debate: Can Oil and Wilderness Mix? By Timothy Egan. In this essay he writes a well researched topic that has been in debate for years, drilling in Alaska. I will look extensively for example in which Egan simultaneously uses the pros and cons to show that Oil drilling will have a negative effect on the Alaskan environment.
The U-phone can help with politicians and legal people doing business from the comfort of their homes but I don’t know if this will last. Natural Environment Natural environmental trends deal with the changes of the earth. (Mullins & Walker, 2010). I don’t believe that this will have a significant impact on my product unless a hug storm comes through and destroy all of the cell towers leaving the product with no signals at all. But I believe consumers would remain with the carrier because it’s good quality.
To end the potential risks associated with keeping orcas in captivity, there must be a decrease in marine park attendance. Restrictions must also be placed on scientific whaling permits. It is up to those who have attended marine parks, seen orca shows, or work with orca whales, to end this disgusting act of slavery. Orca whales will continue to thrive in the oceans, just as humans do on land, as long as territories are respected. We are aliens to them, and we need to retreat our invasion and hope that their species can
The author uses some technical language such as ‘vitaminC’ and ‘scurvy’ to implie that this is the only source of food, energy, tools and money in the High Arctic, which shows her sympathy to the hunters as hunting for Narwale is the only job they can do. The area in the High Arctic is not suitable for growing other vegetables. Narwhals has a rich source of useful nutrition, so Inuit people catch the narwhal as a main source of food. Also, the Narwhal’s ivory can be used for many things such as ‘harpoon tips’, ‘hunting implements’ and ‘central beam for their small ancient dwellings’. These fully describe that Inuit people can’t live without the Narwale, as it can help the Inuit people to survive.