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Antarctica
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A Levels geography Mind Map on Antarctica, created by Benjamin Geers on 30/04/2014.
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Antarctica
Tourism
growing
The 'gray pound'
extreme environment
skiing
photographers
46000 tourist a year
Sustainability
100 passengers per site
10% of sites damaged
IAATO
International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators
one ship per site
No waste
demand for water
who's land?
buildings?
power stations?
Resource Exploitation
Oil and Mining
Currently banned
Madrid Protocol 1998
review 2048
TEP leaks 35 times per year
Oil in Southern Ocean
Whaling
Factory Ships
250,000 Blue Whales to 1000
banned in 1994
Still allowed for Research
worth $1 million
Fishing
CCAMLR
Quotas
1982
not sustainable
Arctic Rock Cod can no longer be fished
Krill
food chains
reproduction rates low -PTF
Government
Antactic treaty
1961
12 countries
no military presents or mineral extraction
share scientific Research
No natives
Fragile
who's land?
need for oil
who gets profits?
Ecosystem
Fragile
very adapted organisms
two types of flowering plants
can not adapt to change
short growing season
low light levels
highly linked food chains
over fishing Krill
Geography
Southern Ocean
Larger than Europe
14 million km2
high altitude
Transantactic Mountains
'cold desert'
150mm precipitation per year
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