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Polar Regions - MZ330P89
Title: Polární oblasti
Czech title: Polární oblasti
Guaranteed by: Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology (31-330)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 100
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Zbyněk Engel, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. RNDr. Zbyněk Engel, Ph.D.
Annotation -
The lecture Polar Regions is devoted to Polar Regions, the Antarctica and the Arctic. In each lecture blocks, students are introduced to 1) the basic information about Polar Regions, their definitions, common features and differences, as well as the regional physical geography of both Polar Regions, 2) the history of discoveries and research of both Polar Regions, 3) the geological evolution and geomorphology of the Antarctica and the Arctic, 4) the climate, glaciation, hydrology and oceanography of Polar Regions and their evolution in time, 5) the flora and fauna of both Polar Regions, 6) the territorial claims and the International Antarctic law and the settlement of both Polar Regions, including their economic exploitation.
Last update: Engel Zbyněk, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (12.04.2020)
Literature -

Main reference:
Prošek, P. ed. (2013): ANTARKTIDA. 348 pp. Academia Praha.

Other recommended references:
Bártl, S. (2009): Záhada dobývání severního pólu. 216 pp., Libri Praha.
British Antarctic Survey a International Polar Year (2007): The Arctic and Antarctica. 1:10 000 000 scale map. BAS (IPY) Sheet 1. BAS, Cambridge.
Gurney, A. (2003): Závod o bílý kontinent. Dobývání Antarktidy. 366 pp., BB/Art Brno.
Houden, H. H. (2001): Útok na jižní pól. 396 pp., Levné knihy Kma Praha.
Mills, W. J. (2003): Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia. 2 volumes, 797 pp. ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara California.
Novotný, J., Přibyl, V., Brinke, J. (1986): Antarktida, Arktida a Oceánie. Soubor map "Poznáváme svět". 40 pp. + 3 maps, Kartografie Praha.
Riffenburgh, B. (2007): Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. 2 Vols., 1146 + 86 pp., Routledge, New York.
Sekyra, J. (1970): V horách a oázách Antarktidy. 140 + 70 pp., NČSAV Praha.
Shirihai, H. (2008): The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife. 2nd Edition, 544 pp., Princeton University Press, Princeton - Oxford.
Tingey, R. J., ed. (1991): The Geology of Antarctica. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics, 17, 680 pp., Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Further recommended sources for particular topics.

Last update: Engel Zbyněk, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (12.04.2020)
 
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