Antarctica

The ice on Antarctica fell as snow and is therefore not salty. The sea ice forming around Antarctica releases the salt as the sea water freezes.

Sir Earnest Henry Shackleton reached the 'farthest south' marker of 88°23'S, or 97 geographical miles from the South Pole on his second expedition to Antarctica in 1907.

Some say it was this marker that motivated Sir Robert Falcon Scott to better Shackleton's achievement, when Scott returned in 1910 for his own 'conquest of the pole'.

The seas around Antarctica are rich in marine (sea-living) animals, ranging from microscopic plankton to the Earths largest animal, the Blue Whale. Many different species of land animals live there also.

All the animals that live in and around Antarctica have ways of helping them survive the extreme weather conditions:

Some, like the whales, seals and birds, have a layer of fat to insulate and protect them from the cold.

Penguins and seals have a compact body shape and thick skin to help keep in their body heat.

Birds have both waterproof feathers and downy feathers to keep them warm.

Many of the fish and insects have special chemicals in their blood that keep them from freezing.

Some animals leave Antarctica between June and August, its coldest months. For example, Humpback whales eat huge amounts of krill before migrating to warmer waters, where there is little krill, to give birth to their calves .

Some animals remain in Antarctica all the time, for example, the Emperor penguins. They huddle together in huge numbers to keep warm.

Because they have special adaptations to allow them to survive the freezing temperatures, they sleep in the snow (burrows/dens/nests), in the water or on the ice or huddled together in groups.

China is not a continent, but is a country, and part of the Asian continent.

Antarctica is a continent of approximately 14,000,000 sq km. It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.

The Southern Ocean was proclaimed in 2000 and consists of the southern most parts of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Antarctica does not have any neighbouring countries. Antarctica is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.

If you were a bird and could fly in a straight line between Bejing, China and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, you'd fly 9,458.185 miles, according to Google Maps.

They consume large amount of fish and anything else they can eat, which helps them store fat. As their fat builds the more heat they can store, which then allows them so survive in cold climates

Antarctica is a land mass with measurements that have not changed in the 10 years.

Of coarse not! That is one of the smallest whales! The blue whale is the biggest animal on Earth, It goes to Antarctica to migrate.

The Antarctic Treaty bans all human activity south of 60 degrees South Latitude with the exception of the pursuit of science.

Others may have a different definition of this phrase, but it's possible that having lived 'on the ice' for a period, a human is hungry to see greenery: feast their eyes on growing botany.

Mr Erebus is an active volcano in a polar climate. There is no fauna on Mt Erebus, and in fact, no fauna on the continent of Antarctica.

Shackleton led two successful expeditions, but the most famous one he led was his third, when his ship, the Endurance, got trapped in a rapidly expanding ice floe. They hoped that the ice flow would break up and they could continue the expedition, but instead the needed to abandon ship because it began to leak. They then hoped that the ice floe would drift to Paulette Island.

It didn't, but then the ice floe broke in two and they abandoned it, using their lifeboats. Three days later they made it to an uninhabited island, Elephant Island.

Shackleton decided to outfit their best lifeboat for a trip to South Georgia, an island with a whaling station. He made the trip with five other men, and arrived their after fifteen days, but couldn't make it to land because of a storm so powerful that it sunk a 500 ton steamship. The next day, they made it to the shore opposite of the whaling stations. Shackleton and two of his men crossed the mountains to get help.

They got to the whaling station 36 hours later, and got help for the three men on the other side of the island right away. There were three failed attempts to rescue the men on Elephant Island, but they finally succeeded on August 20, 1916, after an ordeal of nearly 20 months.

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There are no fruits that grow in Antarctica; nothing grows there. It's too cold.

Well first of all, you're not talking about a part of a 'country', because there are

no countries on the Antarctic continent.

If the Antarctic Peninsula is actually warmer than the rest of the continent, which

seems reasonable when you look at a map, it's because that part of the continent

is the part farthest north, that is, the part farthest from the south pole, and actually

extending slightly into the south Temperate Zone.

18th of October 1843 to Ann Coulman

The total distance from Chile to Antarctica is 4,152 miles, or 6,682 kilometres. The total distance from New Zealand to Antarctica is 3,394 miles, or 5,461 kilometres. Therefore, New Zealand is closer to Antarctica than Chile is.

You could fly over Antarctica any time you have access to an airplane with the range to take off, fly over the continent and return to the point of departure.

You would see more if you chose to take this flight between about October and February, when there is daylight across most of the continent.

Antarctica has the highest "average" elevation of all the continents due to the ice pack, and it has the lowest elevation of all the continents getting down to 1.5 km below sea level.

use fuel and burn the snow into a liquid texture

Emperor Penguins do not live on the Antarctic continent. Penguins are sea birds and live at sea.

Emperor Penguins do visit Antarctica's beaches, however to breed.

I think only the Arctic!!! :)

well see it depends.. if we Indian reach there.. wid our cars.. we will do it.. on left side.. and if bloody Americans did. they will on right.. but i doubt they will.. 1st as.. they are the worst in geography.. they might reach artic instread.. :)

Because its so cold, almost nothing can grow there. Underneath the snow is a land that is bare all over, so its a desert.

There are no wolves in Austalia, but there are wild dogs related to wolves