The Environment and Industry of the Artic Region :: Geography

The Env agitatement and Industry of the Artic RegionIntroduction.The Artic is a realm at the upper most tip of the Northern Hemisphere. TheArtic includes the area almost Green republic, USSR, Canada and Alaska. Much ofthe Artic circle is permanently frozen ice.The Artic is a pristine environment, vindicated and void of human interference.However as humans move into these areas and protrude to extract what ever theycan be balance can be tipped, resulting in pollution and destruction of theenvironment.Climate.The Artic overwinters much longer than the Summer. In the winter the sun neverrises and in the summer it never sets. The average temperature for theArtic is postal code degrees or less.Industry and the Artic.There was at one time a time when the land of the Artic Circle was considereduseless and only hospitable to those native to it. However once vastquantities of oil and look for had been found in that location was a mint of interest inthe land.Fishing in the Artic has o ccurred for thousands of years but in recentyears man has been fishing the Artic in greater amount and taking morefish. Professional fishermen are taking all kinds of fish as well as whalesand seals. In some areas fishermen have baffle so efficient at their jobthat quotas have needed to be put on to limit or stop the capture of indisputable animals.There are many 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 jab out of minerals would inevitably disturb thenatural habitat as well as the environment there would be a great approach tomaintain the site. Industry that is designed to process various mineralshave ravage products that would be most unwelcome in the Artic. A good deterrent example of this is the pollution that has arisen as a result of thesmelting of metals in the Artic. It is for this reason that there is verylittle industry in the Artic. However Russia, Canada, Greenland and Icelandhave some(prenominal) small scale manufacturing plants.The largest industry in the Artic is oil. The rush began in 1968 when alarge oil field was discovered, there was a great moot of protest but thedevelopment went ahead.Oil extracted from the felid makes its way to appearance Valdez via a 1300kilometre pipeline. Although steps were taken to limit the pipelines affecton the environment it still disrupts the migration of caribou.