On top of the world.Dear Teacher, Last spring, Patty Janes, Executive Editor of Scholastic's Science World magazine, spent a month on the Coast Guard cutter Healy. While aboard the polar icebreaker icebreaker, ship of special hull design and wide beam, with relatively flat bottom, designed to force its way through ice. When the icebreaker charges into the ice at full speed, its sharply inclined bow, meeting the edge of the ice, rises upon it, and the weight of , which traveled north in the Bering Sea Bering Sea, c.878,000 sq mi (2,274,020 sq km), northward extension of the Pacific Ocean between Siberia and Alaska. It is screened from the Pacific proper by the Aleutian Islands. The Bering Strait connects it with the Arctic Ocean. , Janes saw firsthand the effects of global warming
The predicted effects of global warming on the environment and for human life are numerous and varied. It is generally difficult to attribute specific natural phenomena to long-term causes, but some effects of on the Arctic region (see pp. 8-11). She also visited the people of Gambell, a Yupik Eskimo village on St. Lawrence Island St. Lawrence Island is located west of mainland Alaska in the Bering Sea, just south of the Bering Strait, at about 64° North 170° 28' West. It is part of Alaska, but closer to Russia than to the Alaskan mainland. St. . In our special report (pp. 12-14), readers can learn about life in this remote, snow-covered village. Like their ancestors, many Yupik still celebrate special occasions with a traditional meal of whale blubber and dried seal. Happy Holidays--and bon appetit! Suzanne McCabe, Editor smccabe@scholastic.com |
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