Your task is to design an A4 poster or brief PowerPoint presentation about the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
Your presentation should include
- An image of a Dry Valley.
Please annotate your image with labels that describe what the landscape is like.
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.
- An image of a ventifact and a brief description of how they are formed. Make sure your Ventifact is from Antarctica.
Again, here you can annotate your image.
You may find this article at the BLDGBLOG useful.
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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. 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 emailed to me before next Wednesday.
If you need help, or find any useful links please comment below.
A copy of this document can be found under shared documents, Geography, Antarctica.
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