13 D Cold Environments Work for Monday's lesson

Hi all,
while I am away on Monday please could you complete the following. Our case study is Alaska and one of the challenges/ opportunities is the drilling for oil. We are going to look a great deal of detail about ANWR in the north but today I want you to examine the risk of oil spills as a consequence of transporting oil in this part of the world.
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill - answer the questions below (bullet points are fine)
1) When did the spillage take place?
2) Why did the spillage happen?
3) What was the environmental cost of the spill?
4) How much oil leaked from the tanker?
5) How does the Exxon accident compare with other spills?
6) How big an area was affected?
7) Why was the spillage so difficult to clear up?
8) What methods were used to clean up the spill?
9) What were the estimated costs of the spill?

These websites might help:
http://www.solcomhouse.com/valdez.htm
http://www.eoearth.org/article/exxon_valdez_oil_spill
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/jas2001/feature_jas01.htm
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/
The last website has an excellent video which lasts about 20 mins.

Year 13 Superpowers Homework

Hi all,

below are the questions I would like you to answer for homework. Let me know if you are unsure about any of them.

1.Suggest and justify a set of criteria for defining what is a superpower

2.Examine the ways in which superpowers exert their influence

3.To what extent have the ways of maintaining power changed over time?

4.Explain and illustrate what is meant by ‘cultural imperialism’

5.In what ways are the old core countries threatened by the new superpowers

6.‘The tensions between today’s superpowers are economic rather than political’. Discuss