Alex McNeill, a former expedition leader for Quark Expeditions, worked in Antarctica for up to nine months a year, while his now-wife lived in Australia. Here are his tips on how to make a long, isolated relationship work.
Across the Tasman Sea from Australia is which country? How deep is the Brisbane River? What ocean lies between Africa and Australia? How much of Antarctica does Australia own? How long is a klick in miles? What is the area of Antarctica in square miles? What hemisphere is New Zealand loca...
Abundant rafts of kelp Durvillaea antarctica float northeast past the southeast coast of the South Island of New Zealand, commonly with attached rocks. Most rafts pass offshore unseen, but strong easterly winds during a series of five cyclonic storm events in 2017-2018 forced rafts carrying ...
Lynne Cox:long-distance swimmer琳恩·考克斯:长距离游泳运动员Lynne Cox has done long-distance swims in some extraordinary places.Shehas swum around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope and in the ice-cold water 2of Antarctica.She has swum across two of the world's biggest lakes:Lake3Titicaca in...
One is called Swimming to Antarctica. Another, Grayson,is about a babywhale that once came and swam beside Lynne while she was training in theocean.2Word powerA. Find these words in the text. Then match them to thecorrect meaning.(词义配对。1.poola. to practice a sport2.extraordinaryb....
Usually this was all he had to do to motivate them, and they’ d continue swimming. But this day was different.Ominous black clouds were crouched on the horizon, and the wind was gusting from all different directions. Even though it was a mid-July morning in Manchester, New Hampshire, ...
"Drift sets" (tagged Hormosira banksii, Durvillaea antarctica, Cystophora torulosa and GPS drifters) were tracked over single tidal cycles. Wind direction had the greatest effect on movement of drift sets, but interacted with tidal direction. Overall, offshore winds and outgoing tides...
1.Swimming to Antarctica tells the story of just one swim.T/F2.Lynne has never done a long swim in a river.T/F3.The man thought the book was very good.T/FWhat do you think?Do you know about any other amazing sports people?Who's your favoritesports person?Discuss your ideas with a...
One of these is about a baby whale she met whenshe was(5)in the ocean.ListeningListen to a person who has read Lynne Cox's Swimming toAntarctica. Circle T for true or F for false.(听短文,判断正误。1. Swimming to Antartica tells the story of just one swim.T/F2. Lynne has never ...
One is called Swimming to Antarctica. Another, Grayson,is about a babywhale that once came and swam beside Lynne while she was training in theocean.2Word powerA. Find these words in the text. Then match them to thecorrect meaning.(词义配对。1.poola. to practice a sport2.extraordinaryb....