Antarctica

North and South America.

Nothing grows on Antarctica: it's too cold and dry.

Anything dyed becomes a different colour. PS: There are no animals in Antarctica, it's too cold.

If you are not employed as a scientist or work there temporarily in support of science, you can pitch a tent, sleep on the tour boat that brought you to the continent, or carve out ice blocks and build yourself an igloo shelter.

There are no commercial accommodations on the continent.

The names for money depend on the language of the scientific base where currency is being used.

For example, in the American stations, money is called -- in English: money.

You are referring to the Antarctic treaty this was originally signed by 12 countries but then 36 more countries signed it and there are now 48 countries part of the treaty.

Google Antarctic treat and click on the wikipedia page about it, then click on members to see a full list of 48 members.

Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base's population is 100.

Antarctica is the southern most continent in the world. It is the fifth largest continent after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. 98% of the surface of Antarctica is covered by ice, with an average of 1.5 km (1.0 mi.) thick. On average, Antarctica is the coldiest, driest, and windiest continent and has the highest average elevation of all the continents.

In response to the question, if the large ice sheet covering Antarctica were to melt completely, then almost all of the world's fresh water supply would vanish into the salt water. A lot of places would flood, seeing that it's a lot of ice that is going into the ocean.


Places like Florida and small islands at sea level would disappear under the rising ocean level. A lot of people would die.


But meanwhile, back in Antarctica, Antarctica would left nothing but as a bare grey landscape. Most of the surface under the ice is rocks and stone, and gravel.


Let's hope that something like this would never happen - if it did, then half of the world's land mass would disappear under the rapidly-rising sea level.

Do Icebreakers Have An Negative Effect On Antarctica

Yes icebreakers do have a negative effect on Antarctic because the Icebreakers are breaking bit by bit of the ice away those icebergs have to go out to sea into the warm water and making it melt witch causes the sea level rise and if that happens then we could have worse than a Tsunami.

well, you'd figure 7 days from Ohio to the furthest parts of S. America by air, so tack on a week by boat if there happens to be a boat going there when your package arrives. I would bet whatever camp you're wanting to send to has shipping suggestions.

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Antarctica is ice-bound in June, because the sea ice freezes around the continent, essentially doubling the continent's size. This makes the continent inaccessible.

The SANAE III (South African National Antarctic Expedition) station is located on a peninsula on the Princess Martha Coast at 70.30 S latitude and 2.30 W longitude. SANAE III, built in 1978-79, replaced SANAE I and II after they were progressively destroyed by shifting ice. SANAE III is now suffering the same fate.

Antarctica is its own continent and is not part of the US.

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Basically, Antarctica is a mysterious continent that not many know about. Some curious people and mainly scientists/explorers/mountain climbers, go to discover these secrets.

Some people just want to earn fame, and some just want a challenge.

Also, there are experiments going on in Antarctica. It is believed that hidden resources may take place in Antarctica.

People who live in Antarctica take care of each other.

Primarily, people who live there are careful, so as to avoid being in need of emergency relief. There is usually a doctor on a station who can tend cuts, scrapes and the occasional broken limb.

Before people are allowed to work in Antarctica, each must pass a stringent physical exam. Those with existing health issues are not allowed in the research programmes.

Occasionally, however, a medical evacuation is required, but they are infrequent and expensive, since they must originate in other countries, thousands of miles away in some cases.

If you die in Antarctica -- after falling into a crevasse, for example, your body may not be retrieved, so you would be buried in Antarctica.

There are no formal graveyards on the continent.

Antarctica is being viewed as being threatened theoretically because of Global Warming. Experts say the ice caps are melting, which is causing a threat to Antarctica because it is covered by ice.

Territorial claims in Antarctica are drawn along lines of longitude, which all converge at the South Pole, and many overlap.

This is probably because the continent is covered in ice, so there are 'no natural landforms' -- they exist but are not predictable in their visibility -- to be used to mark borders.

The New Zealand base in Antarctica is called Scott Base. It is located about three kilometers from the US base, McMurdo Station.

Casey, Davis and Mawson are the names of the three main research facilities supported by the Australian government.