NOTE MAKING ON THE JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD. CLASS 12
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Explanation:
The lesson revolves around the world’s most preserved place, Antarctica. Not many people have been there but out of the few that have, Tishani Doshi is one of them. A south Indian person who went on an expedition with a group of teenagers affiliated with ‘Students on Ice’ programme who takes young minds to different ends of the world. Thus, it gives an insight into how Antarctica is the place you should visit to have a glimpse of the past, present and the future in its realist form.
Journey to the end of the Earth Summary
For a south Indian man travelling to Antarctica from place gives an awakening to threatening alarm that global warming is actually real. Who knows if Antarctica will be warm again and even if it does, will we be alive to see it?
Journey to the end of the Earth Lesson and Explanation
EARLY this year, I found myself aboard a Russian research vessel — the Akademik Shokalskiy — heading towards the coldest, driest, windiest continent in the world: Antarctica. My journey began 13.09 degrees north of the Equator in Madras, and involved crossing nine time zones, six checkpoints, three bodies of water, and at least as many ecospheres.
Ecospheres- parts of the universe habitable by living organisms
In the beginning, the author talks about his journey to one of the coldest, driest and windiest continent on Earth; Antarctica. He went there on a Russian research vessel known as the Akademik Shokalskiy. The author is a South Inidan man who began his journey from Madras. On his voyage, he crossed nine time zones, six checkpoints, three water-bodies and just as many ecospheres.
By the time I actually set foot on the Antarctic continent I had been travelling over 100 hours in combination of a car, an aeroplane and a ship; so, my first emotion on facing Antarctica’s expansive white landscape and uninterrupted blue horizon was relief, followed up with an immediate and profound wonder. Wonder at its immensity, its isolation, but mainly at how there could ever have been a time when India and Antarctica were part of the same landmass.
Expansive- covering wide area in terms of space or scope; extensive
Profound- very great or intense
Isolation- separation
Landmass- a continent or other large body of land
It took him about 100 hours of combined travelling by car, aeroplane and then a ship to reach the continent. So, when he first set his feet on the continent, he felt utmost relief for it was all white as far as the eyes could see. The sight of the blue horizon was also very comforting. Next emotion that followed was that of wonderment. He was astonished by the fact that there was once a time when India and Antarctica were geographically connected.
Part of history
Six hundred and fifty million years ago, a giant amalgamated southern supercontinent — Gondwana — did indeed exist, centred roughly around the present-day Antarctica. Things were quite different then: humans hadn’t arrived on the global scene, and the climate was much warmer, hosting a huge variety of flora and fauna. For 500 million years
Gondwana thrived, but around the time when the dinosaurs were wiped out and the age of the mammals got under way, the landmass was forced to separate into countries, shaping the globe much as we know it today.
Amalgamated- combine or unite to form one structure
Supercontinent- a former large continent from which other continents are held to have broken off and drifted away
Thrived- prosper; flourish
Millions of years ago, there was a supercontinent known as Gondwana, from which Antarctica and India are supposed to have been parted off. The situation however was completely different from how it is right now. There were no humans and the climate was warmer which gave rise to huge varieties of flora and fauna. Gondwana flourished for 500 million years until dinosaurs got extinct and human beings came into existence. The huge continent was then forced into segregation to form countries and the world as we know of it today.