Antarctica

An ice sheet covers about 98% of the continent.

No country, not even Norway, owns any of Antarctica.

From this link, you can review Norway's claims on the continent:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica#Official_claims

The only mammal that can survive in Antarctica all year is a human mammal.

Antarctica is a fragile environment because it is pristine and mostly free from the effects of humans, unlike most of planet Earth.

The pristine and fragile environment are required for the study of the health of planet Earth, which is the primary use of the continent.

One hundred percent of the population of the Antarctic continent is temporary workers who are supported by their governments to study the health of planet earth. Generally, for each scientist, there are seven workers who support the scientific work.

Antarctica -- all of Planet Earth south of 60 degrees South Latitude -- is governed by the Antarctic Treaty, which replaces any national sovereignty.

You can read more, below.

All of planet earth south of the Antarctic Circle experiences at least one 24-hour period of no sunrise/ sunset. All of planet earth north of the Arctic circle has the same experience.

Depending on where you are, this period may last for one 24-hour period or -- at the poles, for example -- six months.

Both poles experience this phenomenon because the earth is tilted on its axis, and seasonally points toward -- 24 hours of sun, and away -- 24 hours of no sun, from the sun.

You may be thinking of Sir Douglas Mawson, Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Raoul Amundsen, Sir Earnest Shackleton and so forth.

Don't think so... Unless they live in the homes without being taken care of and I still doubt that.

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Everyone eats in the same dining hall (sometimes the food is quite decent) in the main building at the center of the town which also houses living quarters, the small general store/video store, the computer lab, barber shop, and offices such as H.R. and Housing. The living quarters are mostly crummy dormatory style with up to four people to a room. Most people work 60 hours a week (6 tens or 5 twelves.) Depending on the season it is 24 hours of daylight or 24 hours of night. There is a two lane manual bowling alley, two main bars, gyms (exersize, weight, and basketball), library, craft room, climbing room, etc. all a little more primitive than you are picturing. And there is a place to rent cross country skis and other fun stuff. As far as how it is; It's either a love/hate feeling that has enough love to draw you back for multiple seasons or it's an inescapable hell prison that causes you to contemplate breaking one of your own bones to get yourself a ticket home.

Since it is cold in antarctica, I would bring things that you don't have to cook, heat up, etc. So that being said you do not want to bring spaghetti if you like eating hot. If you are bringing a mini grill (I have never tried that before) you can make hamburgers, grilled pizza, steak etc. Also if you are bringing a mini grill you can heat things up and cook things without putting them on the grill bars. Just put your meal on the cookie sheet and place it on the grill. Hope this helped!

You may be thinking of the Trans-Antarctic mountains.

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There is no plant life at 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 under the snow and ice.

Yes. You can join a tour boat destined to visit the Antarctic continent.

Without endorsement, you can review the search results, below to find a tour you want.

Antarctica has no native human population; there are only scientists, explorers and adventurers passsing through. Without a fixed population, no way to determine a currency or a language.

Basic? Well , that would be an igloo. That wouldn't do most of us very well though.

The basic requirements would be a strong building capable of withstanding severe weather and weight from snow. Oxygen piping for air and serious storage for waste and food. Heat is going to be used... by the bucket! Say hello to CO2!

Environmentally, Antarctica serves as the 'heat sink' for the excess heat on earth. As well, it is the continent with the least pollution, and serves as the center for scientific study about the health of planet earth. About 70% of the earth's fresh water is stored in its ice sheet, representing about 90% of the earth's ice.

Depending on the salinity, the temperature will be slightly below the freezing point

of fresh water, which is 0 Centigrade. It will not be lower than approximately

-2 Centigrade.

Remote in terms of travel, implies distance from civilization.

There is no commercial transport service available to anywhere on the Antarctic continent. Any access to the continent is made possible either by tour guides or government logistics interested in supporting research stations. There are no commercial -- or private -- dwelling facilities there to accommodate visits,

Private transit is possible, problematic and expensive.

During most of the year -- February to October -- the Southern Ocean freezes over, making the continent inaccessible by water.

Antarctica is so remote that most people who live in the Northern Hemisphere no very little about the continent.

There is no commercial air service to anywhere on the Antarctic continent.

Your answer depends on your ultimate Antarctic destination, and the route that your private charter service chooses to take to get you there.

Please take the time to review the material, below, which explains in depth why icebergs are blue.

Short answer: it has to do with the colour of the sea and the sky, ". . .the shape of the Iceberg, the chemical composition of the sea water including all the substances dissolved in it, the angle at which it is illuminated, whether the surface has melted and re-frozen and many other such factors will have a strong influence on its color."

PS: This is a great question!

they have blubber and thick fur.but sometimes they still get cold