Journey To The End of The Earth.

JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH
Learning about the planet’s past, present

and future
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TISHANI DOSHI
TEAM MEMBERS
RASHI
TANWI
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BHOOMI
ANAMIKA
SNEHA JHA
SHRISTI BHUSHAN
Content
01 Biography of author
02 Expected learning outcome
03 Theme
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04 Summary
05 Multiple choice Q
Content
06 Vocabulary
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08 Long answer type

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born :- On 9th December 1975 ,Madras, India
Occupation :- Poet, writer, dancer
Notable works :- Small Days and Nights (novel)

Countries of the Body (poetry)
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Notable awards :- Forward Prizes for Poetry
Career :- Doshi works as a freelance writer and journalist. She has

worked with choreographer Chandralekha .Her short story “Lady
Cassandra, Spartacus and the dancing man” was published in its
entirely in the journal The Drawbridge in 2007.Her poetry
collection, Everything Begins Elsewhere, was published by
Bloodaxe Books in the UK in 2012 and by Copper Canyon Press in
the US in 2013.
TISHANI DOSHI
Expected learning
outcome
• About the program student on ice
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• About the end of the
earth(Antarctica)
• About the climate change happening
in the world.
Theme
Journey to the End of the Earth urges us to reconsider •
our actions on Earth and issues a word of caution to the
future citizens of humanity so that they can work on
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.preventive measures from now on
Taking students to Antarctica, where the effect of •

small changes on the environment can be studied easily,
creates individuals for the future who will work
relentlessly towards an environmentally safe and
.secure world
HISTORY OF
ANTARCTICA
PANGAEA
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LAURASIA GONDWANA
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Akademik Shokalskiy Blue horizon White landscape
Continental Cordilleran folds

Drift
Occasional avalanche
Largest iceberg
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Blue Whale
Midge
Geoff Green
Students in ice
program
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If we want to study and examine the Earth’s past present and future,
Antarctica is the place to go…….
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Summary For a south Indian man travelling to
Antarctica from Madras, It takes nine time
zones, six checkpoints, three water bodies
and just as many ecospheres to reach
there. Tishani Doshi travelled to the
Southern end of the Earth along with an
expedition group named ‘Students on Ice’
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that provides an opportunity to the young

minds to sensitive towards the realistic
version of climatic changes happening in
the world. According to the founder of the
organization, we are the young versions of
future policymakers who can turn the
situation around. Antarctica is one of the
coldest, driest and windiest continents in
the world.
As far as the eyes can see, it is
completely white and its
uninterrupted blue horizon gives
immense relief. It is shocking to
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believe that India and Antarctica

were part of the same
supercontinent Gondwana, that
got segregated into countries
giving rise to the globe we know
today.
Antarctica had a warmer climate until then.
Despite human civilization around the
globe, it still remains in it pure form. Being
a south Indian sun-worshipping guy, it was
unimaginable for the author to visit the
place that constitutes world’s 90 per cent of
ice, a place so quiet that it is only
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interrupted by snow avalanches. It is home

to a lot of evidences that can give us a
glimpse of the past and at the same time,
Antarctica helps us foresee the future. The
place gives an awakening to threatening
alarm that global warming is actually real.
Who knows if Antarctica will be warm again
and even if it does, will we be alive to see
it?
Q 1. How is Antarctica, a subject for debate for
environmentalists?
.
Answer: Short
Q/A
Antarctica is always a subject for debate for
environmentalists because only Antarctica is
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undisturbed by human beings, whether it would

melt, will the Gulf Stream ocean current be
disrupted or will it be the end of the world; such
many concerned issues are raised for debate.
Question 2.
What kind of indications do we get while visiting
Antarctica to save Earth? (2004 Delhi)
Answer:
Tishani Doshi’s entire experience of visiting Antarctica was
nothing short of a revelation. It made her wonder about the
“beauty of balance in play on our planet”. She hopes the new
Q/A
generation will understand their planet better and save it from
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annihilation. The planet’s ecosystem and its balance that took

millions of years to form can be soon destroyed. Scientists
warn that a further depletion in the ozone layer will affect the
activities of the phytoplankton. The lives of the marine
animals and birds of the region will be affected. But the
school students’ visit to the Antarctica may make human
beings handle their planet in a better way.
Question 3.
What was the objective of the ‘Students on Ice Programme’
Answer:
The objective of the ‘Students on Ice’ programme was to take
High School students to the limits of the world and provide them
Q/A
not only with inspiring opportunities in education but also
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enable them to understand and respect our planet. The idea was
to provide them a life-changing experience at an age when they
are ready to absorb, learn and most importantly act. According
to Geoff Green, the High School students are the future policy
makers and through this programme they would save this planet
from ecological hazards and the harmful effects of global
warming.
Question 1
Geoff Green, a Canadian explorer and educator started to include high school
LONG students on the expedition ‘Students on Ice’. Explain why? Answer:
Green, who, since –the starting, started to include celebrities, retired rich,
Q/A curiosity-seekers to the Antarctica but they remained unhappy and dis- satisfied
and also those men in power and position did not understand the problems facing
mankind. They never gave any response in return and didn’t seem worried about
the ecology.
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Geoffs efforts remained futile and totally time wastage could be noticed. Geoff,
then started to inculude the learners, willing persons and school students for the
mission and it was also an opportunity for beginners to study more and more
about our planet and ecosystem. These youngsters seem ready to absorb, learn
and act immediately.They realize the threat of global warming and can actually do
something as they are the future policy-makers and also expected to act and solve
the environmental problems. Thus, the expedition/movement started to give its
results in a positive manner and people seemed to be aware for global warming.
Question 2
The author calls her two-week stay in Antarctica, ‘a chilling prospect’. How far do you
think is she justified? What other features of the Antarctic environment are highlighted?
LONG Answer:
Doshi, is a sun-worshipping South Indian and for her to spend two-weeks in a place
where 90 per cent of the Earth’s total ice volumes are stored is a chilling prospect-
both in terms of circulatory and metabolic functions and for the imagination. She has
Q/A been transported from the scorching sun to the ice floes and glaciers where ninety
per cent of the earth’s surface is ice-mass. Her two-week Antarctic encounter left an
epiphanic effect on her and she carried back indelible memories of the continent. For
her, it was like walking into a giant ping-pong ball, devoid of any human markers
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like trees, billboards and buildings. She says one loses all earthly sense of
perspective and time here. As the day pass in surreal 24-hour austral summer light, a
silence prevails which is interrupted only by the occasional avalanche or caving ice
sheet.She learnt that Antarctica has a very simple ecosystem that lacks variety. But if
this system is interfered with and environmental changes are effected
indiscriminately, it can lead to depletion of the ozone layer, which protects us from
the harmful rays of the sun. Since the planet is unravaged by humans, it remains
unblemished. Its ice-cores hold more than half-million-year-old carbon records that
are imperative for the detailed study of our planet.
Question 3
LONG
Why does Tishani Doshi call her trip to Antarctica a “Journey to the End of
the Earth”? What experience did she have during this expedition?
Answer:
Q/A
Tishani Doshi calls her trip to Antarctica a ‘Journey to the End of the
Earth’ because she crosses nine time zones, six checkpoints, three
water bodies and many ecospheres to reach there. The entire journey
takes one hundred hours. She is wonder-struck by the immensity and
isolation of the region. She is also relieved to see its expansive wide
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landscape and uninterrupted blue horizon. Antarctica provides young

students like her with a platform to study changes in the
environment. The programme is also likely to help them develop a
new respect and understanding of our planet. Antarctica is also the
perfect place for them to study how little climatic changes can have
big repercussions and how global warming and further depletion of
the ozone layer can affect the Antarctic region. The study of the
Antarctica will help them to understand the earth’s past, present and
future.
Vocabulary
Expansive – Covering a wide space.
Horizon – The line where Earth’s surface and sky appear to meet.
Profound – Very Intense.
Immensity – Extremely Large size.
Isolation – Separateness.
Amalgamated – Combined.
Hosting – Containing.
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Thrived – To grow and develop.

Grasp – To understand.
Mind-Boggling – Overwhelming.
Jamming – Squeeze into something.
Buckle – Bend.
Desolate – Without People.
Prospect – A possibility.
Metabolic – a chemical process that converts food into energy.
Microscopic – Very Small.
Markers – Signs.
Midges – A small mosquito.
MCQ
Question
What is the meaning of ‘epiphany’?
(a) a moment of shock
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(c) cacophony
(d) a moment of sudden and great revelation or
realization
Ans- d
MCQ
The Drake Passage was created because of
(a) India drifting northwards
(b) South America drifting off to join North

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America
(c) North America drifting off to join South
America
(d) India’s collision with Asia
Ans- B
MCQ
What does the author mean by “In that short amount of
time, we’ve managed to create quite a
ruckus”?
(a) progress made by human race
(b) destruction and disturbance caused by human

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race
(c) stunning achievements of human race
(d) None of the above
Ans - B
MCQ
What is the figure of speech used in the
line, “It’s like walking into a giant ping-pong
ball”?
(a) Metaphor 感谢您下载包图网平台上提供的 PPT 作品，为了您和包图网以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！包图网将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！
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(b) Alliteration
(c) Pun
(d) Simile
Ans- d
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JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH

Learning about the planet’s past, present

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Occupation :- Poet, writer, dancer

Notable works :- Small Days and Nights (novel)

Notable awards :- Forward Prizes for Poetry

Career :- Doshi works as a freelance writer and journalist. She has

• About the end of the

• About the climate change happening

.preventive measures from now on

Taking students to Antarctica, where the effect of •

Akademik Shokalskiy Blue horizon White landscape

Continental Cordilleran folds

感谢您下载包图网平台上提供的 PPT 作品，为了您和包图网以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！包图网将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！

that provides an opportunity to the young

believe that India and Antarctica

interrupted by snow avalanches. It is home

undisturbed by human beings, whether it would

annihilation. The planet’s ecosystem and its balance that took

LONG students on the expedition ‘Students on Ice’. Explain why? Answer:

landscape and uninterrupted blue horizon. Antarctica provides young

Thrived – To grow and develop.

What is the meaning of ‘epiphany’?

(a) a moment of shock

(b) a moment of great sadness 感谢您下载包图网平台上提供的 PPT 作品，为了您和包图网以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！包图网将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！

(d) a moment of sudden and great revelation or

(a) India drifting northwards

(b) South America drifting off to join North

(c) North America drifting off to join South

(d) India’s collision with Asia

(a) progress made by human race

(b) destruction and disturbance caused by human

(c) stunning achievements of human race

(d) None of the above

(a) Metaphor 感谢您下载包图网平台上提供的 PPT 作品，为了您和包图网以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！包图网将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！

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