Antarctica

There are no homes in Antarctica. Generally, research stations house people in dormitories and feed them in cafeterias. Otherwise, people spend time in their work areas.

There is no native or permanent population on the continent. Everyone who lives there temporarily, works for a government in pursuit of science, studying the health of planet earth.

They go there because they want to get the ice cores and and see what temperature it was in antarctica. They are focusing on biology, geology, ice and climate changes. They are very facinated of Antarctica but people want to stop them fromdoing experiments. But most people think that it is better for all of us because they can check the global warming.

Two of the 17 known species of penguins live along the coast of Antartica. The majority of the remainder inhabit coastlines from the Antarctic Circle to temperate regions even farther north. New Zealand, the Falkland Islands, the Galápagos Islands and desert coastlines of South America and southern Africa are home to the largest penguin populations.

Antarctica is larger than the Sahara desert. This is because Antarctica is the world's largest desert.

Antarctica is not a tourist destination in the traditional sense. It has no tourist facilities, hotels or airports. A few airlines fly over Antarctica to show you the sights, then fly back to where they came from without landing. At least one company runs mountain climbing expeditions, but they make it clear that you need to be experienced and capable and fit enough to endure the rigours or polar mountaineering. Unless you are engaged in some sort of research with a large government grant, you really have no business being there.

Temperatures reach a minimum of between −80 °C and −90 °C (−112 °F and −130 °F) in the interior in winter and reach a maximum of between 5 °C and 15 °C (41 °F and 59 °F) near the coast in summer.

There were five locations named Little America, identified as I - V after the name. All were located on the Ross Ice Shelf south of the Bay of Whales. All are now abandoned and several have calved off into the Southern Ocean.

Scott and his crew died for various reasons.

Oates walked to his death as he stepped out into a blizzard. He did this because he was suffering from frostbite. His famous parting remark was, "I am just going outside and may be some time.".

Scott, Wilson and Bowers died of a low supply of food and the hypothermia. Wilson and Bowers seemed peaceful when the were found, because it seemed they died in their sleep. Scott however seemed to be in so much pain, as he was covered in frostbite, with yellowing skin. He seemed to be reaching towards Wilson.

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.