Antarctica

Question 1

what are the four main threats to Antartica?

Answer 1

• Tourism
• Scientific research
• climate change
• Whaling + fishing

Question 2

what products are made from whales?

Answer 2

packaging frozen whale meat
meat extract
whale blubber

Question 3

why was the whaling industry abandoned in 1965?

Answer 3

whale stocks had become depleted, therefore whaling was no longer a commercially viable option

Question 4

when was the international Whaling Commission (IWC) created?

Answer 4

1946

Question 5

when was the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary established

Answer 5

1994

Question 6

which countries opposed the ban?

Answer 6

Norway

Japan (their economies and cultural traditions depended on whaling e.g. Faroese culture in Norway.

Question 7

How is the climate being impacted in antarctica?

Answer 7

• western peninsula is melting: resulting in penguin migration and having difficulty adapting to warmer environment
• Eastern peninsula is expanding through sea ice expansion (not land expansion)