Antarctica

They only move around on the beaches, close to open water.

However, in winter, penguin colonies on land can exist a long way away from open water, because the sea ice freezes, essentially doubling the size of the Antarctic continent.

An emperor penguin, for example, may walk 150 Km to open water in the early spring.


The best description for the way penguins move on land is this: they waddle. Their legs are extremely short. During the longer journeys across the ice, emperor penguins have been known to slide on their bellies, pushing themselves ahead using the claws on the ends of their webbed toes.

If you mean base is a generic name for a research station, they are established on crevasse-free zones or near the coasts. Buildings are constructed there the same way they are constructed in the country supporting the station. Wood, metal and glass are all useful components for buildings in Antarctica.

The definition of a desert is - no permanent surface water, no regular rainfall. Antarctica easily qualifies as a desert. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air.

Antarctica has started to melt and there is now an antarctic treaty protecting most of it. New glaciers are forming all the time and it doubles in size each winter but shrinks again in summer.

No, Antarctica is not a country itself, but some territory is claimed by countries such as Australia, Britain, Argentina, Chile, etc. Some claims overlap each other. No existing claim is valid nor are new claims allowed per the Antarctic Treaty, signed in the 1960s.

So you could not be a citizen of Antarctica.

Argentina, Chile, new zealand, Australia, Norway, Europe and that's it i think

Antarctic Marine Ecosystem

1st answer: Antarctic world's lowest temperature -89.6 degrees Celsius was recorded on 21st July, 1983, at Vostok Station at an elevation of 3,488 metres.

2nd answer: The lowest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica was -82.5 degrees Celsius. Or -116 degrees Fahrenheit.

Yes, there is a Mawson Station in Antarctica, supported by the Australian government.

First, people who qualify to 'winter-over' on the continent must pass rigorous physical and mental evaluations.

The darkness gives humans the ability to adapt. Lights are lowered, sounds are softened, other senses are heightened. Metabolic rates are lowered, healing takes longer. While work performance doesn't suffer measurably, some people simply slow down.

The Antacrtic Treary was created in 1959, and it was signed in Washington. It was created to ensure the saftey of the 5th largest continent in the world, Antartica. Basically that's why it was called, 'The Antarctic Treaty'

Generally, food disappears when it is eaten. Otherwise, a food cache may be covered by wind-blown ice crystals and hidden from sight.

The most obvious problem that Antarctica will face in the upcoming years is the melting of the polar ice caps. The threat of global warming also looms, but whether or not it is an actual problem remains to be proven.

Antarctica has a larger land mass. Its actual land mass covers about 15.4 million square kilometres, or 7 million square miles. Australia's area is around 7,686,850 sq km, and it is the smallest continent.

no, underneath all the ice is land, just like what we walk on today no, underneath all the ice is land, just like what we walk on today edited by Danielle Robertson 5/3/2009 no, underneath all the ice is land, just like whatwe walk on today edited by Danielle Robertson 5/3/2009

This is from the Seaworld website. Otters are widely distributed. They are found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica.
No they do not. Otters of some species can be found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Sea otters are found in Alaska and other Northern climes, as well as Tierra del Fuego in the extreme Southern South America

The Antarctic treaty does not allow any country to own or exploit the minerals beneath the icecap of this continent. It is to remain pristine in perpetuity, even sled dogs are banned.

Thanks so much for that ^^ Its a big help to my big geography project!

Your query contains several assumptions that are incorrect.

Summer and winter in Antarctica are seasons that last the same number of days as do these seasons everywhere in the Southern Hemisphere.

'Six months' may be the period of no sunrise/ sunset, which is true for the South Pole. Otherwise, this period is at least one 24-hour period at the Antarctic Circle.

The coal deposits in Antarctica are explained by Pangaea where Antarctica was located next to South America, Africa, Australia, and India.

The wind in Antarctica blows all the time, and blizzards are quite common.