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The North Pole-future calling

( Abstract )

Someone said that oceanography is the place where the resources for 21st century located. In the North Pole what we can see is the world consisted of ice and snow and that is the fresh water we can used especially in the north dried up areas. The total capacity of ice and snow both of North and South Pole account for 29.7 million cubic meters, about 79% of the world total fresh water, which can be drunk. Iron ore is one of the richest resources in both the North and South Pole. In the area of North Pole the stored capacity of coal verified has reached 1600 billion tons...



In other subjects: Air Pollution: Ozone Issue
Ecological Systems: Aquatic: Sea
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