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New Zealand Calls  Why do people leave New Zealand?What would encourage settlers to come to New Zealand?What challenges do settlers face? Check out this link about refugees [|Here is another link]  Facts about Refugees

 (Unless stated source is: Global IDP Project of the Norwegian Refugee Council)
 * Civil wars and human rights abuses forced 4.6 million people, over 12,500 a day, to leave their homes and seek refuge elsewhere within their countries in 2008.
 * Members of minority groups are frequently at risk; they were displaced in at least 36 countries in 2008. Members of minority groups face discrimination when they are displaced which makes their lives even harder.
 * In 2008 the largest displacement of people occurred in the Philippines where 600,000 people fled fighting between the government and rebel groups.
 * The United States accepted 60,200 refugees in 2008 according to the World Refugee survey.

 **How many refugees does New Zealand accept each year?**

 New Zealand has a resettlement quota of 750 refugees a year (+/- 10%). Sometimes we allow more people into the country when there is a major world crisis and many people need a safe place to build a new home. 

//The following are websites for you to explore. //

  Images of snow crystals

  The end of the earth  Time machines and ice bergs  Life in the ice box

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> Almanac <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> Water world <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> Stories in the ice <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> Live and breathe Antarctica

//<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The following are learning objects from the Digistore. See Miss Gilbert or Mr Hunter for the user name and password. //

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Explore life on a summer trip to Antarctica. Look at roles such as a doctor, biologist, photographer and field safety officer. Look at transport, rescue procedures and safety hazards. Explore the sights, sounds and history of Antarctica. Compare the challenges faced by early polar explorers with today. Explore how medical emergencies arise and are handled. Explore how biologists use remote field stations and data logging to study penguins in Antarctica

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"> Explore how people get around in Antarctica using transport such as helicopters, quad bikes and rubber-tracked vehicles. Look at rescue procedures and safety hazards such as crevasses. Choose equipment to pack for a field trip.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Explore the geological history of Antarctica. Notice the Antarctic continent is thought to have drifted south from the equator. Look at the origins of landforms such as mountains, glaciers and icebergs. Compare fossils found in locations around Antarctica and Australia.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> Explore the sights, sounds and history of Antarctica. Listen to sounds from the continent such as a storm, elephant seal and icebreaker. Look at photographs, for example a penguin chick, green iceberg and pack ice at sunset. Read an extract from the poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. Compare the challenges faced by early polar explorers with today. Read a survival tale about Ernest Shackleton and his crew on a trip to Antarctica in 1914-15.

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">Look at medical support in Antarctica. Explore how medical emergencies arise and are handled. Consider the importance of telecommunications in isolated areas. Examine the treatment and prevention of frostbite.

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Trace a two-week journey from Hobart to Antarctica aboard an icebreaker. Look at daily weather summaries and diary entries. Read descriptions of storms, pack ice and 24-hour daylight.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Look at the structure and function of emperor penguins and Adelie penguins. Find out about breeding cycles and behaviour such as 'huddling' within a penguin colony. Explore how biologists study penguins in Antarctica. Examine a remote field station and data logging methods.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> Explore how Antarctic plants and animals are adapted to life in a polar environment. Look at species descriptions of animals such as penguins, whales and krill. Examine specific adaptations such as the dense feathers and layers of body fat of the emperor penguin. Compare feeding pathways within a food web. Explore the geological history of Antarctica. Notice the Antarctic continent is thought to have drifted south from the equator. Look at the origins of landforms such as mountains, glaciers and icebergs. Compare fossils found in locations around Antarctica and Australia.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Explore how human activities impact on the Antarctic ecosystem. Compare opinions on climate change, the ozone hole and whaling.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Explore how Antarctic plants and animals are adapted to life in a polar environment. Look at species descriptions of animals such as penguins, whales and krill. Examine specific adaptations to the environment such as the dense feathers and layers of body fat of the emperor penguin. Compare feeding pathways within a food web.