Thursday, December 10, 2009

The Effects Global Warming has on Ice Skating


The environment greatly effects the sport of ice skating. As we all know the world is gradually getting warmer and warmer due to global warming. This then affects the temperature of our climate. Therefore ice skating is becoming more and more scarce to come by. This is because while the heat raises the ice melts and anyone can tell you that the one thing you need for ice skating is ICE!


For example: Case Study Of Hindeloopen.

Ice skating is extremely popular in the Netherlands however because climate change is being blamed for the reason of winters becoming warmer and warmer many Dutch are worrying if their beloved past time will stay with them or become a forgotten memory.


This subject is particularly worrying in the city of Hindeloopen as a race called the Elfstentocht is begun here. In English it is translated into the Eleven City Tour as it is a grueling 200kilometer race of skating on the frozen canals of 10 other cities, all which are located in Friesland, which is the Northern Province of the Netherlands. Up to around 16,000 skaters take part in this race and is said to be the major event of the Netherlands.

However because of the climate change, this race is slowly becoming less and less likely to continue over the next few years. It has already been said that people in the Netherlands are trying to encourage indoor skating as outdoor skating is becoming to harder to come across.

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