Antarctica

Generally, tinned and preserved food was taken on expeditions. Primarily, the food was pemmican -- a 50/50 mix of meat and lard, required because burning calories is the expense of exploration in this extreme environment.

In summer generally, there are 24 hours of daylight; in winter there are generally zero hours of daylight.

The continent of Antarctica covers about 10% of the earth's surface. It is about as large as USA and Mexico, combined.

The thickest part of the Antarctic ice sheet is around the South Pole and is has been measured to be in excess of 15,000 feet.

Both Wilkes Land and Queen Maud Land may have southern extents into the thickest part of the ice sheet.

yes, but there is some debate about whether is should not be a world park because it have very mineral rich soil underneath, which we now have the technology to get. This however, would make it a waste tip, so at the moment it's staying as a world park.

Polar bears do not live in the Southern Hemisphere, and thus do not live in Antarctica. Polar bears live around the Arctic Circle and the "polar bear nations" they can be found in are the United States, Canada, Russia, Greenland, Denmark, and Norway.
No

Every research station has 'facilities' -- and their use is reserved for the temporary workers and scientists assigned to the station.

There are no commercial facilities on the continent.

Yes! It was. It was also apart of Greenland long ago.

Because the continent is covered with an ice sheet, all lakes are sub-glacial. Theories are that these lakes are caused by the warmth of the Earth's core, because the liquid water is so deep beneath the ice sheet.

Not all sub-glacial lakes have been 'discovered' in Antarctica, but to date, about 400 have been identified. The largest found to date is Lake Vostok, which measures about 6,058 mi² in area, with a surface elevation of -1,640'. It is about 155.3 miles long, 31.07 miles wide and about 1,129' deep. It also has its very own island. These statistics are from its Wikipedia page.

Another lake, Lake Willians, measures about 60² Km in area, but is only about two metres deep, according to Nature. It is only 800 M below the surface of the ice sheet.

No. Walrus' natural habitats are located exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere.

In Antarctica, people eat foods that are brought onto the continent by their government support organizations. Since the extreme cold environment requires higher caloric intake, more carbohydrates are generally consumed.

You can contact the government's representative in Antarctica -- for USA, this is the National Science Foundation -- and request a contact. You may be able to connect with a person using short wave radio. If you have a mailing address, you can also send a letter.

Most commonly, you may be able to send e-mail to a person in Antarctica, if the person is a temporary worker in a research facility there.

Contact with field camp personnel may be problematic given the lack of easy-to-use communication facilities there.

Antarctica was the last continent to be explored because to travel there is hard

Human exploration is always limited by transportation. When people began exploring the earth's waters in ships, it was clear that polar waters were ultimately not navigable, given that errant icebergs could destroy a ship. This was too high a price to pay.

Until ships' hulls were reinforced to withstand a collision with an iceberg, nothing was known about the area of the Southern Ocean. Since this is the location of Antarctica, it was the last continent to be discovered.

Surely an Estuary depends on there being a river, & it's generally a bit parky in the Antarctic so I'm thinking the rivers are all frozen......

Hobart Tasmania is about 1390 nautical miles or 2575 kilometers from Antarctica. The average flight time from Hobart to Antarctica is about 4.5 hours.

Note that there are no commercial air services on this route.

The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude and is located on the continent of Antarctica. Antarctica is a continent of approximately 14,000,000 sq km. It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. There are no countries on Antarctica and no permanent population. Many countries have scientific research stations on Antarctica. Because Antarctica is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. Average temperatures in the Antarctic interior get down to -70 degrees Celsius during the winter months and -35 degrees Celsius in the warmer months. The coastal temperatures are much warmer with a range of -15 to -32 Celsius in Winter and -5 to +5 Celsius in Summer. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain. Antarctica has some of the strongest winds on earth, with some winds reaching 320 kph.

Ellsworth Mountains make up the highest mountain range in Antarctica. This range is 360km long and 48km wide at its widest point. The tallest peak of the Ellsworth Mountains, Vinson Massif, is 4897m high.

The second highest Antarctic peak is Mount Tyree at 4,852 metres.

i believe one symbiotic relationship in antarctica is the lichen and fungi. Its hard to believe there are plants there but there are. The fungi is the lichen's photosynthetic partner, meaning it provides the lichen with sunlight. i believe one symbiotic relationship in antarctica is the lichen and fungi. Its hard to believe there are plants there but there are. The fungi is the lichen's photosynthetic partner, meaning it provides the lichen with sunlight.

Antarctica is located in the southern hemisphere, and is a continent that covers about 10% of the earth's surface. You can locate the continent between 63°12′48″S, 57°18′08″W and 90° S.

Antarctica is protected by international treaty which prohibits mineral extraction as well as any military activity. No one owns it though different countries have claimed different parts. There are no plans to change any of this, so Antarctica will likely continue to remain a peaceful, undisturbed region of scientific research with some tourism around the coast.

At the present tine the Antarctic is the coldest continent on Earth. However for most of the past 400 million years it has been quite warm with massive forests. About 40 million years ago after the age of dinosaurs it became colder due to continental drift.