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Some locations on the planet are not at all friendly to human habitation. Antarctica is a frozen ice cap with only a few bare patches of soil and rock. Yet, there are a few permanent settlements able to survive through the use of technology. What would be the best example of how humans are able to modify the world, despite a harsh environment? Group of answer choices San Diego Mission Bay has enabled the settlement of a very dense population in an environment of moderate temperatures. The San Francisco Bay has enabled the settlement of a very dense population in an environment of cool year-round temperatures and winter precipitation. The Chesapeake Bay offered a number of quiet water settings to facilitate settlement and also water transportation, all in a setting of moderate temperatures and year-round precipitation. Alaskan oil pipeline has led to the development and growth of a number of settlements where it crosses a region with very cold temperatures three major mountain ranges, permafrost, hundreds of rivers and streams.