Class-12th
Subject-English
Date- 24/07/2020
Day- Friday
Topic- Essay Type Q-Ans. Of ‘Journey to the End of the Earth
3.
Journey to the End of the Earth
Q. 1 Why did the
writer visit Antarctica? What does she say about Gondwana?
Ans. In
this essay, the writer describes her journey to Antarctica. Her journey started
from Madras. She had to cross nine time zones, six check-points, three bodies
of water and three ecospheres. She travelled one hundred hours to reach the
Antarctica. She was filled with wonder at Antarctica’s immensity and isolation.
He also wondered at the fact that there was a time when India and Antarctica
were part of the same landmass.
The writer said that Gondwana was
giant southern supercontinent about 650 million years ago. Its climate was much
warmer and had a huge variety of flora and fauna. About sixty million years
ago, the dinosaurs were wiped out, the age of mammals got under way, and the
landmass separated into continents.
Q. 2 Why do
people visit Antarctica? OR
How does
Antarctica help us in understanding the past, present and future of the earth?
Ans. Antarctica
is really the place to understand the earth’s present, past and future. It can
tell us how there was time when India and South America were part of southern
supercontinent Gondwana. India got separated and jammed against the rest of
Asia. This resulted in the formation of the Himalayas. In Antarctica there are
no nights and days as we experience here. The study of Antarctica also tells us
that it is only the place in the world that never had any human pollution. Thus
Antarctica tells us the present state also. It can tell us the Earth’s past.
Its receding glaciers and collapsing ice shelves can give us on indication of
the future also. The best place where about global warming can be studied is
Antarctica. Thus, Antarctica is really the place to understand about the
earth’s present, past and future.