Challenges in Cold Environments Flashcards

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Name the three challenges of developing cold environments in the AQA specification.

Extreme temperature, inaccessibility, and provision of buildings and infrastructure.

Why does extreme temperature make development difficult in cold environments?

Mean annual temperatures are below freezing, so working outside risks frostbite, injury or death, and healthcare is far away.

Why is building on permafrost a problem?

Heat from construction melts the permafrost, making the ground unstable so buildings subside and roads break up.

Give two ways inaccessibility makes life hard in cold environments.

Many settlements are reached only by air, ship or ice road, and people are far from jobs and services.

True or false? Variable daylight hours are a challenge to development in cold environments.

True. In winter it can be dark nearly all the time, which limits work and affects health.