Alexis Baer                                                                                        about 150 words
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Student, INTD 105-19: Writing Science

 
Appendix III, Section III: Effect of the Summer Sun on Different Varieties of Ice and Snow, in “The Heart of the Antarctic and South” by E. H. Shackleton caught my interest. The main points consisted on how the summer sun creates large granules of ice, different characteristics of thaw-water, and the snow that surrounds the boulders. Summer blizzards in Antartica caused some of the snow to melt, but it would create delicate “crusts” of snow that would be easily breakable. In regards to sea-ice in the summer, the thick crust can break causing individuals to get sucked down into negative temperatures of salt water. The summer sun affecting Antartica relates back to the arts and sciences due to the glaciers structure, temperatures at which they are formed, and recent studies by researchers. Researchers have been studying and obtaining results based off the suns affect on glaciers and the snow within the summer time.