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Antarctica
Antarctica is an uninhabited continent dedicated to science and governed by The Antarctic Treaty. As questions about the highest, driest, windiest, iciest, darkest continent on earth.
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No. Open up a map and look at the big continent that's the furthest down.
Antarctica is the Earth's southernmost continent, encapsulating the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.
Who were the first people to go to antarctica?
The Spaniard Gabriel de Castilla, who claimed having sighted "snow-covered mountains" beyond the 64° S in 1603, is recognized as the first explorer that discovered the continent of Antarctica, although he was ignored in his time.
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The discovery of Antarctica is claimed by three people who all sighted land within days of each other in 1820. As there is no way to distingush between the three of them, all three are credited with the discovery. They are Fabian von Bellingshausen, a captain in the Russian Imperial Navy, Edward Bransfield, a captain in the British navy, and Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer out of Stonington, Connecticut.
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How many countries originally agreed to take part in the Antarctic Treaty?
According to the treaty Web site:
"The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 by the twelve countries whose scientists had been active in and around Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58."
Which continent is covered with 98 percent of ice and snow?
The amount of ice is about 90% of the earth's store of ice, and covers 98% of the Antarctic continent.
Should one country own Antarctica?
The Antarctica Treaty, signed by 50 countries, says no country owns it.
If you consider amphibians as ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia, then no. There are none living and no dead ones either.
Antarctica is too cold to support animal life, and there is no food chain there.
How much of Antarctica's land mass is sea ice?
Antarctica is a continent that covers 10% of the earth's surface.
The continent is covered by ice -- about 98% of the continent in fact.
This means that the continent is the continent; the ice is the ice, and zero percent of the continent is ice, but 100% of the ice is ice.
What is the nearest airport to Antarctica?
There are no airports in Antarctica. Airplanes land and take off from ice runways, and are met with transportation vehicles to move cargo and people to and from the research facility to the airplanes.
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In which compass direction do you move from antarctica to south America?
Everywhere on earth is north of Antarctica.
How long does it take to get from the antarctic to the antarctica?
Your query is based on confusion of nomenclature.
Antarctica is the name of the continent. The Antarctic is the name of the region. The Antarctic region contains the continent of Antarctica.
Do sled dogs live in Antarctica?
No animal lives on Antarctica, on the continent -- as Antarctica is a polar desert, and no animals can survive there: it's too cold and there is no food chain. However, sea mammals and sea birds breed on Antarctica's beaches, because there are no land predators.
There are four species of penguins that breed on the continent's beaches: Adelie, Chinstrap, Gentoo and Emperor.These animals are sea birds and live at sea
Other birds which breed on the coastal fringes of the sub-Antarctic islands, visiting Antarctic waters, include various species of albatross, cormorant, fulmar, gull (kelp gull), petrel, sheathbill, skua, and the Arctic tern which migrates from the Arctic to the Antarctic every year.
Seals which live in the Southern Ocean that surrounds the Antarctic continent include the Southern Elephant seal, Crabeater, Antarctic Fur, Leopard, Ross and Weddell seals.
Whales known to frequent Antarctic waters include the Blue whale, Fin, Humpback, Minke, Orca, Southern Right, Seiand Sperm whales.
Fish include the Antarctic cod, Patagonian toothfish and Icefish. Squid also live in the Antarctic waters.
Where in Antarctica do Arctic foxes live?
The Arctic foxes are distributed across northern Asia, northern Europe, and North America.
How many species of animals is there in antarctica?
Permanent animal population: zero.
Many sea mammals and sea birds visit Antarctica's beaches, however, to breed. Once this part of their life cycle is complete, the animals return to the sea where they live.
Where does the Antarctic midge live?
The Antarctic midge only consumes food during its larvae stage. From its Wikipedia page:
"Terrestrial algae, particularly Prasiola crispa, moss, organic detritus, and microorganisms provide the food for the larval stage"
What kind of polar bear lives in Antarctica?
There is no animal life in Antarctica: it's too cold and there is no food chain. There are no polar bears in Antarctica.
What companies specialize in offering a cruise to Antarctica?
There are various companies that specialize in offering cruises to Antarctica. Some of the companies that offer cruises to Antarctica include Ambercrombie & Kent and Polar Cruises.
Why do polar bears live in Antarctica?
Most bears live in the northern hemisphere, and evolution has made it so polar bears are adapted for weather in the North Pole, so they would not have left the area to migrate south.
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Where do whales live in Antarctica?
there is an inhabitance of whales in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, but it will not be permament. whales migrate to antarctica in the summer because it is said to be warmer there! they survive the cold because their veins wrap around their arteries... this warms the blood and saves the whale's energy!
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Why do you bring canned food to Antarctica?
Yes. Since all food consumed in Antarctica -- with a exceptions, below -- is imported, it is either canned or frozen for transport to the continent.
Fresh produce can be imported during the summer season. Some scientific stations grow lettuce, tomatoes, spices and edible flowers in hydroponic labs, for consumption on the continent. Per the Antarctic Treaty, all food grown on the continent must be consumed on the continent.
Is there any evidence of ancient people in Antarctica?
No. Humans have never lived in Antarctica; it's too cold.
