Thursday, November 20, 2008

VOYAGE#3

Trip Itinerary and approximate latitude: Lima to Cape Town

Travel time: 15 days

Direction travelling: south then north easternly

Were you successful? yes

How many attempts? two

How were you successful? I went slightly into the winds in the opposite direction so they would blow me back on course.

What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel?I used mainly pervailing Westernlies

VOYAGE#2

Trip Itinerary and approximate latitude: San Fransisco to Sydney @ approx 45deg lat.

Travel time: 13 days

Direction travelling: south westernly

Were you successful? yes

How many attempts? one

How were you successful? I used both sides of the trade winds

What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel?I used both of the trade winds.

VOYAGE#1

Trip Itinerary and approximate latitude: Havana to London aprox. 27deg. lat.

Travel time: 9 days

Direction travelling: north easternly

Were you successful? yes

How many attempts? one

How were you successful? I traveled using the upward winds in that direction

What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel?I took advantage of the North Westernly winds.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

OZONE :) =]XD rofl ^V<>-}

Ozone is a form of oxygen, o3. In the upper atmosphere, it absorbs ultraviolet rays, thereby preventing them from reaching the surface of the earth. In the lower atmosphere it is a pollutant. Ozone is being depleted by a human produced chemical called CFCs witch contain chlorine, fluorine, and carbon atoms that are bound together. This tears apart the ozone and turns it into oxygen. There is a giant ozone hole right over Antarctica. SAVE TH O3!!!!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

london smog


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/LondonSmog.jpg

100 years ago, London's air was dark and dirty. This was called london smog. Factories burned coal, and houses were heated with coal, filling the air with soot. This makes it hard to breathe and fills the air with smog. The simplest way to prevent this is to burn less coal.

london type smog