By Jack Jones
The
Atlantic Ocean is a great place to see. It has colorful coral reefs and many
different animals. Coral reefs can be
many different colors red, green, blue, orange, and pink. I have never seen a
coral reef but I would like to. The largest coral reef in the Atlantic Ocean
stretches over 700 miles. It has over 500 species of fish, including the
mammoth.
The Atlantic is the second biggest ocean. It separates north and South America from Europe and Africa. Its area is 76.762 million sq. km. The Atlantic is spilt into two parts, the North and South Atlantic. The North Atlantic is a thriving shipping area and the South Atlantic has tons of fish. The Atlantic Ocean holds 17 quadrillion gallons of water! In the northern part of the Atlantic there are icebergs and parts of the icebergs break off and float into the water. The Atlantic is roughly half the size of the Pacific Ocean.
The
Atlantic has the most isolated island in the world. It is called Tristan De
Cunha and the closest thing to it is 1,300 miles away. Madeira Islands are
located in the middle of the Atlantic. They
are 500km from Africa. The average temperature is 21 Celsius. I am amazed that
the highest point of the island is 1861m.I wish I could go there and swim off the
coast of one of the Madeira Islands.
The
natural hazards for ships are icebergs, fog, and hurricane. Many animals are
endangered like manatee, seals, sea lions, and turtles. Fish are going down in
numbers from drift net fishing. That is not good because then there won’t be
many fish left and that will disrupt the food chain. If
fish die out many bad things will happen to the Atlantic and all the other
oceans.
I think it would be cool to go scuba diving in
the Atlantic and I would like to try it someday. Many people have gone down and not came back
but people are making better technology every day. You have to train to become
a scuba diver and you have to have a snorkel and lots of other equipment. If
you want to take pictures you have to get an underwater camera. I think going
scuba diving in the Atlantic will help me learn more from an underwater view
and it would also be lots of fun.
