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Journey to the End of the Earth
--Tishani Doshi
About the author: Taihani Doshi was born on 9th December,
1975 and lives in Chennai. Being the product of the cultures (Gujarati and
welsh), and the middle of three children, and also bring curious and sensitive
by nature, it was almost always certain that she would become a writer. As a
teenager she discovered her mother’s love letter to her father and resolved to,
one day, write her own version of their story. At 18, she left India for the
united state of America to study business administration at Queens College,
North Carolina. During her undergraduate years she worked as a baby-sitter,
house- cleaner, librarian and cashier in the student’s snack bar. She also
developed a deep love for the literature of the South, and in her junior years
decided to become a poet.
In 2001 Tishani moved back to India
with the idea of training to become a scuba diving instructor. Instead, a chance
encounter it one of India’s landing choreographers- Chandralekha, resulted in
an unexpected change in direction, a 26, she began a career as a dancer. For
the next five years she performed with Chandralekha’s troupe in Indian and
abroad. She also worked as a freelance journalist, tinkered with poems and
began working on a novel. In 2005, she was a finalist in the Outlook –Picador
Non –Fiction competition for her essay, Excerpts from the Journal of a
Delusional Window. In 2006, she won the all India Poetry competition for her
poem, “The Day We to the Sea”.
Class-12: English Question and Answers:
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Summary of the
Journey to the End of the Earth: It is essay, the author Tishani Doshi, details her marvelous
journey to Antarctica with a group of students under the programme Student on
Ice headed by a Canadian, Geoff Green one’s eyes about our planet’s past,
present and future.
After travelling for a hundred hours the group reaches Antarctica. The author is wondrous of the immensity of the expanse of the icy whiteness. She wonders at the geographical history which claims that India was once a part of this land in a super continent called Gondwana. Visiting Antarctica drives in facts of our past and our possible future. There are no landmarks to create a visual perspective, no days and night but a continuous low light and hardly any sounds but an omnipresent silence which envelopes and forces one to think of man in the geological context-and the scenario does not appear too encouraging. Doshi discusses the effect of man in the short time he has been on Earth-how he was played with the environment to bring about the globing warming, a situation the alarming levels of which are very visible in Antarctica. Here the glaciers are visibly retreating and ice-shelves melting. The Students of ice programme makes the decision makers of tomorrow, the accompanying students, aware of the situations so they can begin to act today.
The
author goes on to remark that the entire food chain of the Southern Oceans
sustained by the microscopic grasses of the sea called PHYTOPLANKTON. If the
Ozone layer is further depleted by global warming these microorganism will be
affected, which in turn will negatively affect the global carbon cycle. Thus
proving the point that taking care of small things will cause the big things to
fall in place.
Doshi says that she experienced many divine experiences during her two week stay in the southern continent, but she rates a walk on the ocean as the supreme. The whole group had descended from the ship SHOKALSKIY, and walk on the meter-thick ice to see the unending expanse of ice and a group of seals sunning themselves. It was a revealing experience. Back home, the author wonders if Antarctica will ever, in the far future, become a warned land and if by then man will have become extinct. She is happy that the young group of students have returned enriched with ideas to save the Earth.
Journey to the End of the Earth NCERT solutions:
Textual Questions and answer:
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1. How do
geography phenomena help us to know about the history of humankind?
Ans: Geographical phenomena, such as the knowledge of existence of a southern supercontinent, Gondwana, give us idea about the globe as it appeared six hundred and fifty million years age. Humans hadn’t arrived on the global scene and the climate was warmer, hosting a huge variety of flora and fauna. When dinosaurs were wiped out, the landmass was forced to separate into countries, shaping the globe much as we know it today.
2. What are
the indications for the future of humankind?
Ans: The future of humankind is pretty much at risk with the increase in population and the unabated burning of fossil fuel which has now created a blanket of carbon dioxide around the world. This is slowing increasing the average global temperature, resulting in the most debated environment problem of climate change.
3. 'The
world’s geographical history is trapped in Antarctica” how is the study of this
region useful to us?
Ans: the study of Antarctica is useful to know the world’s geographical history because in its ice-cores, trapped in layers of ice, lie half a million year old carbon records. Studies reveal that some six hundred and fifty million years ago, there existed a giant integrated landmass centred roughly around the present day Antarctica. Humans had not arrived then, the climate was warmer with huge variety of plants and animals and it thrived for 500 million years before disintegrating into separate countries like we see it today. A study of Antarctica gives us where we’ve come from and where we could possibly be heading.
4. What are
Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the students on Ice
expedition?
Ans: Students on Ice is a programme of taking high school students to the ends of the worlds are providing them with inspiring educational opportunities thus giving them a new perspective of understanding and respecting the planet. Geoff Green, though the students on Ice programme, offer and future to policy makers a life-changing experience at an age when they are ready to absorb, learn and most importantly, act.
5. “Take care
of the small things and the big things will take care themselves,” what is the
relevance of this statement in the context of the Antarctica environment?
Ans: Antarctica is a perfect place
to study how small changes in the environment can bear big consequences. The
simple ecosystem and lack of biodiversity of the place makes it happen. The
author cites the phytoplankton to elaborate its relevance. It is a sea grass
that nourishes and sustains the entire Southern Ocean’s food chain. Taking
sun’s energy to absorb carbon, these plants synthesise organic compounds in the
process of photosynthesis. Scientists warn that if there is a further depletion
of the ozone layer, it will affect the activity of phytoplankton, which in turn
will affect lives of all the marine animals and birds of the region and the
Global carbon cycle. In the story of the phytoplankton we find a significant
symbol for existence. It tells us that if we take care of small things, the big
things will fall into place.
6. Why is
Antarctica, the place to go to, to understand the earth’s present, past and
future?
Ans: Antarctica
is a crucial element in the hotly contested environmental debate over climate
change. Antarctica is the only place on earth which has never sustained human
population and has thus remained “untouched”. But its importance as a subject
of study is due to the face that within its ice-cores trapped in layers of ice,
lie haft million year old carbon records. Thus, if we went to study the earth’s
past, present and future, Antarctica is the place.
The Journey to the End of the Earth question and answer:
(Most important question answer)
Class-12: English Question and Answers:
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1. What is the Akademik Shokalskiy?
Ans:
The Akademik Shokalskiy is the name of the Russian research vessel which headed
towards Antarctic on a study mission.
2. What aroused the feeling of wonder on
facing Antarctica’s expansive white landscape?
Ans: The author’s first emotion was of relief followed with an immediate and profound wonder. The sense of wonder was aroused by its immensity and isolation but mainly at how there could have been a time when India and Antarctica were part of the same landmass.
3. The expedition to the Antarctic is
undertaken with a definite purpose. What is it?
Ans: The expedition of Antarctic is undertaken to get a grasp of where we have come from and where we could possibly be heading. It is to understand the significance of the Cordilleran folds and pre- Cambrian granite shields; ozone and carbon; evolution and extinction.
4. What was it like for the author to
walk on the enormous ice sheets?
Ans:
For the author, who was a sun-worshipping South Indian, walking on Antarctica’s
expansive white landscape was like walking into a giant ping- pong ball devoid
of any markers – no trees, no billboards or buildings. One loses all earthly
sense of time and perspective.
5. Write briefly on the human impact
over Nature?
Ans: Though human civilizations have been on this planet for 12,000 years,, which is barely a few seconds on the geographical clock, yet we have managed to create quite a ruckus, putting a dominant imprint on Nature with our towns, villages, cities and megacities. The exploding human population is battling with other species for earth’s limited natural resources and the unabated burning of fossil fuel has covered the earth with a blanket of carbon dioxide which is resulting in Global warming.
6. What is the parable of the
phytoplankton? What is the metaphor attached to it?
Ans:
Phytoplankton is a single-celled plant that uses sun’s energy to assimilate
carbon and synthesise organic compounds in the wondrous process called
photosynthesis.
Scientists warm that a further depletion in the ozone layer will affect the activities of phytoplankton, which in turn will affect the lives of marine animals and birds of the region, and the global carbon cycle.
7. How long did the supercontinent of
Gondwana exits? What happened thereafter?
Ans: Gondwana thrived for 500 million years. Gradually dinosaurs were wiped out and the age of mammals came into being. The giant integrated landmass disintegrated into separate continents, much as we see and know it today.
8. Why did Geoff green decide to take
students to the Antarctica?
Ans: Geoff Green’s expedition initially comprised of rich,
retired, curious celebrities. But he was disappointed because they could not
contribute much from their experiences. Therefore, he started students on Ice
which aims at providing students, who are the future policy-makers, with a
life-changing experience at a young age when they are ready to absorb, learn,
and most importantly, act.
Journey to the End of the Earth Previous Years Question Answer:
Class-12: English Question and Answers:
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2013 Year
1. What emotion did the author
experience on reaching Antarctica?
2. How did geological phenomena help us
to know about the history of human kind? How is Antarctica a part of the human
history?
2014
Year
1. How did the narrator reach
Antarctica?
2. Why is Antarctica the place to visit
for understanding the earth’s presents, past and future?
2015
Year
1. Why is Antarctica the perfect place
to study change in the environment?
2. Describe Tishani’s Journey to the end
of the earth – the Antarctie region, and her experience during that journey?
2016 Year
1. How has Antarctica remained relatively
pristine?
2. Describe Tishani’s Journey to the end
of the earth – the Antarctie region, and her experience during that journey?
2017
Year
1. What is Gondwana?
2. Why is Antarctica the place to visit
for understanding the earth’s presents, past and future?
2018
Year
1. How has Antarctica remained
relatively pristine?
2. Describe Tishani’s Journey to the end
of the earth – the Antarctie region, and her experience during that journey?
2019
Year
1. What is Hana? What did she notice
coming out of the mist?
2020
Year
1. Error
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