Points: Description of Antarctica — explorations by nations — Indian teams.
Arctica and Antarctica are the North Polar and the South Polar regions of the earth respectively. The Antarctic region has the lowest temperature on the earth and is held under a vast ice-sheet. It is a vast continent double the size of Australia. The sea-water there is full of floating ice-bergs tossed by sea-storms. There is no rain, as neither water nor any liquid’ can remain unfrozen’ in that cold. Antarctica is always semi-dark and it has practically one season- the winter. It is the land of birds like penguins, skuas, rock hoppers and south polar petrels. The marine mammals in the region include whales, dolphins and seals.
The Antarctic continent remained unexplored for a long time. For centuries it remained literally a no-man’s land. Special navigational skill and equipment were needed to reach and survive there. Only in recent years nations have been interested in the area. It is believed that under its ice there is a vast reservoir of minerals, oil and food, Russia. Britain, United States, and now India and China, are sending regular research teams to explore Antarctica.
In l92 India conducted her first successful expedition in Antarctica. Now India has set up a permanent research station there. It is our pride that a Bengali lady was included in the team of explorers who went to Antarctica in 1984. And since then every year new successes are being achieved by our scientists in the Antarctica.
Arctica and Antarctica are the North Polar and the South Polar regions of the earth respectively. The Antarctic region has the lowest temperature on the earth and is held under a vast ice-sheet. It is a vast continent double the size of Australia. The sea-water there is full of floating ice-bergs tossed by sea-storms. There is no rain, as neither water nor any liquid’ can remain unfrozen’ in that cold. Antarctica is always semi-dark and it has practically one season- the winter. It is the land of birds like penguins, skuas, rock hoppers and south polar petrels. The marine mammals in the region include whales, dolphins and seals.
The Antarctic continent remained unexplored for a long time. For centuries it remained literally a no-man’s land. Special navigational skill and equipment were needed to reach and survive there. Only in recent years nations have been interested in the area. It is believed that under its ice there is a vast reservoir of minerals, oil and food, Russia. Britain, United States, and now India and China, are sending regular research teams to explore Antarctica.
In l92 India conducted her first successful expedition in Antarctica. Now India has set up a permanent research station there. It is our pride that a Bengali lady was included in the team of explorers who went to Antarctica in 1984. And since then every year new successes are being achieved by our scientists in the Antarctica.
No comments:
Post a Comment