The Environment and Industry of the Artic Region :: Geography

The surround and Industry of the Artic RegionIntroduction.The Artic is a region at the upper roughly tip of the Northern Hemisphere. TheArtic includes the area around Greenland, USSR, Canada and Alaska. Much ofthe Artic circle is for good frozen ice.The Artic is a pristine environment, clean and void of hu populace interference. tho as humans move into these areas and begin to extract what ever they groundwork be balance can be tipped, resulting in pollution and ravaging of theenvironment.Climate.The Artic winters much longer than the Summer. In the winter the sun neverrises and in the summer it never sets. The average temperature for theArtic is zero degrees or less.Industry and the Artic. thither was once a time when the land of the Artic Circle was considereduseless and tho hospitable to those native to it. However once vastquantities of oil and tilt had been found there was a rush of interest inthe land. seek in the Artic has occurred for thousands of years but in recentyear s man has been fishing the Artic in greater numbers and taking morefish. lord fishermen are taking all kinds of fish as well as whalesand seals. In some areas fishermen have become so efficient at their jobthat quotas have needed to be put on to condition or stop the capture ofcertain animals.There are legion(predicate) mineral deposits within the Artic Circle. In Russia nickel,iron ore, apatite, diamonds, gold, tin, coal, mica, and tungsten. InSweden iron ore. In Greenland lead, zinc, molybdenum and cryolite. Spitsbergen coal. Canada uranium, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, tungstenand iron ore. The digging out of minerals would inevitably fluff up thenatural habitat as well as the environment there would be a great cost tomaintain the site. Industry that is knowing to process various mineralshave waste products that would be most uninvited in the Artic. A goodexample of this is the pollution that has arisen as a result of thesmelting of metals in the Artic. It is for this re ason that there is verylittle application in the Artic. However Russia, Canada, Greenland and Icelandhave several small scale manufacturing plants.The largest industriousness in the Artic is oil. The rush began in 1968 when alarge oil expanse was discovered, there was a great deal of protest but the instruction went ahead.Oil extracted from the felid makes its way to Port Valdez via a 1300kilometre pipeline. Although step were taken to limit the pipelines affecton the environment it still disrupts the migration of caribou.