Paper and pulp manufacturing are forest-based industries. The basic raw material for the pulp and paper industry isthe wood. Softwood of the temperate forests is especially suitable for making pulp and paper.
According to Alfred Wegener, all the major continents formed one giant supercontinent, called Pangaea. About 200 million years ago, the supercontinent Pangaea began to rift.
Mertz Glacier is located in the continent of Antarctica. It is about 45 miles long, heavily crevassed glacier in George V Coast of East Antarctica. The extension of this glacier into the Southern Ocean is called the Mertz Glacial Tongue.