Before we leave the Beagle Channel in Argentina for Antarctica, I make sure my dresser and table in my cabin are cleared off. I shove some things into my drawer and secure it closed with Duct tape; Other items I know I’ll use in the next two days I put on the floor. This is what we call “Drake Proofing.” The Drake Passage is an infamous 600-mile stretch of ocean, known for being some of the roughest seas in the world. It is the shortest way to get to Antarctica by boat, taking us about two days to
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Did you know that I got awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor? I was an instructor pilot on the NASA/Boeing 747 shuttle carrier airplane. I helped people learn how to fly the NASA/Boeing 747 shuttle carrier airplane. I was also the captain on the space shuttle flight Challenger. I helped satellite research by piloting the space shuttle that repaired a satellite and also sent a new satellite into space. I took a risk by taking space flights and becoming an astronaut. Things are not always
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Paraguay The landlocked country of Paraguay is set in the middle of Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil in South America (Paraguay Weather). It is considerably close in size to California, measuring 406,752 square km (Glatzle). The land making up 397,302 square km and the water resources contributing 9,450 square kilometers (World Fact Book). Paraguay has ample landscape variety from the expansive farmland with rolling hills to the mountains that form the boundary to Brazil (Glatzle). Paraguay consists
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There are a number of paranormal activities that have occurred in the Graveyard of the Atlantic.The favorite theories of the Bermuda Triangle from fantasy writers are, “evil extraterrestrials, residue crystals from Atlantis, evil humans with anti-gravity devices or other weird technologies, and vile vortices from the fourth dimension” (Carroll). According to David Pares, one of the most popular paranormal activities in the Bermuda Triangle, electronic fog, forms when solar energy combines with thunderstorm
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David Cordingly, an engaging, self-exclaimed pirate expert, gives a vivid history of what it was like to live during the height of Atlantic piracy. Cordingly tells us who became pirates, what they wore, and how they were armed among many other detailed accounts of every day life both on land and at sea. Pirates, says the author, were attracted by the lure of plunder and the desire for an easy life.” The author explains that these men and women were not the fantasized heroes of today’s popular culture
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Today, agriculture takes up 17% of the country's GDP. Panama mainly relies on the United States, China, and Mexico for a number of things. The top five things they import is oil, machinery, vehicles, electronic equipment, and iron or steel products. Panama's natural resources include copper, shrimp, and hydropower. As said before, the deforestation of tropical rainforests threatened natural resources. The two largest cities with the largest populations in Panama are Panama City and Tocumen. Population
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“Trash islands” within international waters are mass accumulations of marine debris or litter. These accumulations occur as a result of oceanic pathways called convergence zones. As debris enters the ocean, the different temperatures of the waters create currents, acting like a “highway”. Eventually, the debris becomes bounded and is trapped by ocean gyres, circular ocean currents. The most famous “trash island” is The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located in the Pacific Ocean. The size and mass of
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Nicaragua Quarter 1 Project Jacob Honeycutt The capital of Nicaragua is Managua. Three other cities that are important in Nicaragua consist of León, Granada, and Ometepe. Leon is the 2nd largest city in Nicaragua and it is located along the Rio Chiquito river on the west side of Nicaragua. Granada is in western nicaragua and is Nicaragua's 6th most populated city. And lastly, Ometepe which is in the center of Lake Nicaragua. Nicaraguan food includes a mixture of indigenous, Spanish cuisine and
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The explosion and the consequent sinking of the USS Maine in 1898 is undeniably one of the greatest mysteries that would go down in the cannons of American history. In the Key West Cemetery on 701 Passover Lane stands the statue of a USS Maine sailor, looking into the horizon as if he is trying to find those left behind at Havana’s harbor. Like this sailor, we have attempted to look back at that fateful day to gain a better understanding of what caused the explosion, but also to understand what motivated
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Reading Analysis Guide: Lobster Coast The settlers of Maine fended off Indians, French raiders, English lords, and land spectators to found a culture of the lobstering communities of coastal Maine. On the morning of May 18, 1605, the English ship Archangel, which was running out of supplies, found the cliffs of Monhegan. The exhausted crew dropped anchor off Monhegan northern shore. Unlike the purpose of other expeditions, the goal of Archangel was to establish a full-fledge colony on North American
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