Class-12th
Subject-English
Date- 20/07/2020
Day- Monday
Topic- Main Points of Ch. Journey to the End of the Earth
3. Journey to the End of the Earth (Tishani
Doshi)
Main Points of the chapter:
Ø In this chapter, the writer describes
her journey to the Antarctica.
Ø This journey was a part of a
programme called ‘Students on Ice’.
Ø She went there with a group of 52
students. They started their journey from Madras.
Ø It aimed at teaching students about
the importance of preserving the environment.
Ø The programme was headed by a
Canadian, Geoff Green.
Ø People visit Antarctica to know the
earth’s present, past and future.
Ø In Antarctica there are no nights and
days as we experience there. There is only silence everywhere.
Ø Receding glaciers and collapsing ice
shelves can tell, how the danger of floods is increasing day by day.
Ø The temperature is rising because of
the greenhouse effect.
Ø The best place where this effect can
be studied is Antarctica.