Your task is to design a poster about the dry valleys of Antarctica.

Your presentation should include

• An image of a dry valley.

The British Antarctic Survey has a short article here. There is also a nice description of dry valleys and some images here. A search of flickr, with the terms ‘ dry valleys Antarctica’, will also provide you with a range of images to look at.

• A image of a ventifact and a brief description of how they are formed.  Make sure your ventifact is from Antarctica.

You may find this article at the BLDGBLOG useful.

• A map showing the location of a dry valley.

There is a useful website here with maps of the dry valleys. Click on the link for a closer look.There is a useful map and tour of the McMurdo Dry Valleys here. There are some nice panoramic images of dry valleys here.  Please make sure that your images of dry valleys are geographically correct.

• A brief description about why the valleys are dry (Use the notes from our sheet.)

For those of you that want a more detailed description of why the valleys are dry, read this article.

• Around your poster, post some words that reflect the atmosphere that these valleys provoke. (Again use the notes we made in class.)

You may also want to read Paul Doherty’s experience of an Antarctic Dry Valley.

• Make sure your work has a title.
• Please make sure that any images you use have a title, and that you acknowledge their source, by including the web address.

Your work should be printed before the session, ready to hand in on Monday. If you can’t produce a colour copy and want one, it should be with me by Friday.

If you need help, or find any useful links please comment below.

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