Breaking Ice Shelf Reading Response

Reading the four different articles about the recent ice shelf that broke off of Antarctica was interesting. I usually don’t jump around to more than a couple sources to read about a story, so it was surprising to me how similar they were. They all tried to deliver at least some facts behind the story, with article’s 1 and 2 in my opinion going the deepest into these facts. Article 3 seemed to be more of someone’s analyses and opinion on the occurrence, and article 4 was really just a quick run-over of the story. So anyone looking for cold hard facts would probably be reading one of the first couple articles, and someone looking for a more leisurely read would most likely enjoy article 3 the most. I also can’t help but feel that anyone reading article 4 simple stumbled upon the article, and won’t pay much attention to it after.

All of the articles also share pretty much the same claim that global warming was the cause for the breaking of the ice shelf. While they all shared the same idea, for the most part they all delivered in a slightly different way. As I stated before, articles 1 and 2 were loaded with facts which make for very informational, and very credible articles. While article 3 might not have been as informational, it was the most fun for me to read. The laid back nature of the article was easy to fallow, and the author also did a good job of giving counter arguments to his/her claim, and then defending against them. Article 4 simply didn’t do a good job of pulling in the reader, and I found myself spending more time trying to determine whether the picture was real or not, than thinking about the article its self.