Antarctica

People who live and work temporarily in Antarctica sleep in dorms or tents, eat in cafeterias or tents and work in work spaces or tents, or in the open air.

The size of the continent does not change.

However, the sea ice of the Southern Ocean freezes during the winter months, and joins with the ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent. Essentially, this combined ice is about twice the size of the Antarctic continent.

Since McMurdo Station works with US-based support staff, the clock time in McMurdo is the same as the clock time at the US support staff headquarters.

All the science stations operate on this scheme, so it's a different 'time' everywhere on the continent, depending on which scientific station occupant is looking at the clock.

The only buildings on Antarctica, are the temporary building set up by various nations scientific study groups. Everything has to be transported a long distance. Most scientists abandon Antarctica during the winter, returning when Antarctica's short summer returns.

Tourists should behave with respect, don't litter the area, dont harm the nature, don't touch any of the animals unless tour guide allows it. Don't scare the animals, don't feed them without permission from tour guides. Follow the rules.

There is no plant life on the continent where you find the South Pole. The only plant life on Antarctica is around the coastal areas.

There are microscopic single cell plants called phytoplankton that live and multiply in water, and mosses, lichens and algae that can live in the extreme cold of the continent.

Most of Antarctica is dark for 24 hours a day in June: there are no sunrises during that month.

Particularly, at the South Pole, the sun rises on about the 21st of September every year. Sunset is on about the 22nd of March the following year.

Even though stow-away pests that make it to Antarctica may get to the continent, they cannot survive there.

you can't because you will be drilling through ice so eventually you will get to the bottom and that will be the water so you can't find oil in Antartica.

possibly for food, fun and many more reasons

The UK is about 94,060 square miles and Antarctica is about 5,400,000 square miles according to Wikipedia.

Assuming that these numbers are correct, Antarctica is about 57 and a half times the size of the UK.

If you wanted to know how many times the UK can be fit into Antarctica without changing the shape of the land masses, I am afraid I cannot help you.

Antarctica is a continent and krill are sea animals.

The liquid sea is always warmer than the ambient temperature in Antarctica. The cold Southern Ocean is a natural habitat for krill.

The South Polar skua of Antarctica is known as the world's most southerly bird. They generally lay two eggs which hatch in late December - late January after an incubation period of 24 to 34 days.

The Antarctic is divided, east and west, by the Transantarctic Mountain Range.

No. No polar bears are naturally found in the Antarctic. They are only found in the Arctic. If they were found anywhere else it would be in a zoo, such as in Toronto, Canada, Germany, Denmark, England, some American zoos, and others.

the two main reasons to research Antarctica is first, the ice under the surface is a time-line of the earth's atmosphere. Antarctica is a dessert and little precipitation and allows for a graphic time-line when drilled out in cores. Secondly, the atmosphere around the poles is important in measuring the global warming and the fear of the rising oceans because of glacial melting.

All 'high, flat pieces of land' in Antarctica are covered with ice. One notable flat area of ice is called the polar plateau.

There are no countries in Antarctica.

Informally, the standard language of science -- Antarctica is a continent dedicated to science -- is English. The second language of science is French.

they poo and wee and leave litter which causepollution which contributes to thre green house gas which contributes to the ozone hole.

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No. It is too cold in Antarctica for tornadoes.

Refrigerators in Antarctica, as opposed to anywhere else in the world, warm, not cool. This is because it is so cold there, that in order to keep food edible, it needs to be stored in warm temperatures.

You drink what you would elsewhere. (The antarctic base DOES have heating)

Every government that supports a research station on the continent has a different set of rules for actions that are not allowed by the temporary workers who live there. Mostly, the rules prevent accidents, injury and death based on the extreme environment.

For example, confinement to market trails for walks, guidelines for working outside given the ambient temperature and wind-chill, and a strict guideline for avoiding all wildlife.

If a tourist, guidelines generally focus on leaving a small footprint on the continent and packing out whatever you pack in.