VISTAS (3) Short Q-Ans. PDF - Journey to the End of the Earth

# Journey to the End of the Earth ## Short Answer Questions: **Q.1: How did the author reach Antarctica?** The author travelled to Antarctica on a Russian research vessel, Akademic Shokalskiy. She started her journey from Madras, crossed nine time zones, six check points, three bodies of water a...

# Journey to the End of the Earth ## Short Answer Questions: **Q.1: How did the author reach Antarctica?** The author travelled to Antarctica on a Russian research vessel, Akademic Shokalskiy. She started her journey from Madras, crossed nine time zones, six check points, three bodies of water and many ecospheres. She travelled over 100 hours by car, by aeroplane and on a ship to reach Antarctica. **Q.2: How did the author feel when she reached Antarctica?** OR **What wonders did the author realise when she reached Antarctica?** First of all, the author felt relief seeing Antarctica's expansive white landscape and uninterrupted blue horizon. Then she wondered at its immensity and its isolation. She also wondered at the fact that Antarctica, which is so cold now, once was part of the same landmass in which India was also present. **Q.3: Describe the environment of Antarctica.** Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent in the world. It stores about 90 percent ice of the Earth's total volume. It has no human markers. It has a very simple ecosystem. Total silence prevails at this place. Owing to global warming, its ice is melting. **Q.4: What are Geoff Green's reasons for including highschool students in the 'Students on Ice' expedition?** OR **Who was Geoff Green? What did he offer to the students?** Geoff Green was a Canadian founder and executive director of 'Students on Ice' expedition. He took the highschool students from all around the world to Antarctica. The students of today are the policy-makers of tomorrow. He wanted to provide them an educational opportunity to develop a new understanding and respect for our planet. **Q.5: What was the chief aim of the 'Student on Ice' programme?** 'Students on Ice' was a programme that aimed at taking highschool students to Antarctica. The chief aim of this programme was to make students aware of the danger of global warming. It would help them develop a new understanding and respect for our planet. Thus, they would frame policies accordingly in the future. **Q.6: Why was 'Students on Ice' programme so successful?** 'Students on Ice' programme was successful because it made the students aware of the dangers of global warming. It offered inspiring educational opportunity that helped them see the world in a new way and develop a deeper respect for our planet. **Q.7: How is Antarctica the perfect place to study environmental changes?** Antarctica gives us an idea, how the Earth would have been like millions of years ago and how it got divided into various Earth masses. It has half a million years old carbon records trapped in its layers of ice. At present, its glaciers are melting and ice caps falling. Therefore, Antarctica is the place which reveals our past, shows our present and visualizes our future. **Q.8: What could be the result of the effect of global warming on Antarctica?** Global warming can make Antarctica ice-sheet melt. The Gulf Stream ocean current can be disrupted. The water level in seas and ocean can be increased. If this happens, many areas of the Earth will be submerged under water. This will mean destruction to the people.