Chris Cantell Discusses Travel: Nehostinna Antarktida by Lucia Mitrova

Antarktida. Jej meno pochadza z grectiny a znamena opak Arktidy (celkom vystizne). Je to najjuznejsi kontinent skladajuci sa z 14,4 milionov stvorcovych kilometrov ladu a snehu. Nic iba neznesitelna biela pustatina kam az oko dovidi. Ani nie je velkym prekvapenim, ze Antarktida je najveternejsi, najstudensi a najsuchsi kontinent na Zemi.Neexistuje tu ziadna stala populacia, teda az na tucniaky. A nejake tie tulene, mroze, lisajnik, par extremnemu chladu prisposobenych rastlin a niekolko druhov rias. Vedci a vojaci sem prichadzaju len na presne urcenu dobu kvoli vyskumu ci inym povinnostiam.Velmi dolezita vec pre Antarktidu sa udiala v roku 1959. V tomto roku 12 krajin (Argentina, Australia, Belgicko, Cile, Francuzko, Japonsko, Novy Zeland, Norsko, Juzna Afrika, ZSSR, Velka Britania a USA) podpisalo Zmluvu o Antarktide. K dnesnemu datumu je pod touto zmluvou podpisanych dokopy uz 46 krajin. Vsetky su sucastou Systemu Antarktidskej zmluvy (ATS), ktory reguluje medinarodne vztahy ohladom Antartidy. To pomaha podporovat vedecky vyskum a kontinentalnu ekozonu.Antarktida ma skutocne velmi nehostinne podmienky pre vsetko zive co dycha. Teploty mozu klesnut az na -90 ci -80°C. Dokonca, aj ked tu by ste to asi neocakavali, moze vas aj spalit slnko. Je to tym, ze obrovska masa snehu odraza skoro vsetko svetlo.Mnohych ludi ale neodradia ani nepriaznive podmienky a tuzia sa vydat na vylet k Juznemu polu. Naposledy tak urobila skupinka britskych cestovatelov. No Antarktida a pocasie k nim neboli nakloneni. Ich lod sa potopila blizko Juznych Shentlandskych ostrovov. Nastastie vsetci pasazieri boli zachraneni a tak sa teraz mozu zivi a zdravi dopravit domov.

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by Lucia Mitrova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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