Shrimp Like Creature Krill Abundant In Antarctic Sea

From the Antarctic is where two scientists want to find uranium. Since it is generally agreed that the issue of resource development will eventually put the Antarctic example of international cooperation to its severest test yet, the project is a controversial one here on the ice. When Antarctica became a continent that was set aside [...]

Atlantis’ Exact Location Remains A Mystery

Although mythical, the empire of Atlantis has been the focus of many books and movies today. Where was it and what was it? There is much confidence to this statement Professionals and amateurs are still deeply engrossed in the subject of Atlantis which was mentioned by the Greek philosopher Plato during 360 BC in [...]

Last Place On Earth Where No Passport Is Needed

Reminiscent of the symbol of Antarctica’s age of innocence’s death, the cruise liner’s badly gashed orange hull rose from the deep, icy waters. Oblivious to the danger surrounding them, specifically from the thin oily sheen on the water, many penguins calmly perch on the overturned vessel. Even as some of the tens of thousands of [...]

Trip To Antarctica First Time For The Power Packed Team

The on time arrival at the airport must have seemed the warmest homecoming after 18 days in the icy Antarctica. Four members of the expedition to the Antarctica returned home for a hero’s gathering after nearly three weeks in the lowest part of the world. This could be a wonderful, moving event that marked the [...]

Enjoying Animal Life At Its Best In Antarctica

I carefully stepped down the gangway of the cruise ship then waited for the waves to take a break before I did anything. Taking one fast stride, I was seated in my rubber boat. Our team of tourists went bouncing by huge fragments of strikingly blue ice and even a seal dozing off, right [...]

Whales And Seals Brought First Explorers To The Antarctic

Antarctica is like no other place in this world, with its great beauty and wild brutality. It’s the only continent never bloodied by the wars of man. But in this intensely cold land, larger than Europe and America combined, the cold rendering this land almost germ free has seen more violent deaths happening to humans [...]

Antarctica Is A Place Of Abundance

Because Antarctica gives scientist so many unique research opportunities, it has been reserved for only that purpose.One fantastic Antarctican characteristic tops almost the entire land mass and also goes into the surrounding water. It’s the great ice sheet.Crossing the Ross Shelf Ice would take some time, as it is as big as the State [...]

Holidays In The Land Farthest Under

Reflecting what Antarctica is all about are penguins, elephant seals, albatrosses, and icebergs. With big ice mounds 3 million tons heavy and carrying over 3 billion gallons of water and 10 pound tiny baby fur seals, a continent as high, dry, and windy never ceases to meet expectations.
Antarctica the land of frozen wastes and [...]

Antarctica: Seeing The Continent From A Different Perspective

The latest voyage of this ninety-one year-old traveler brought her to Antarctica. Seeing Antarctica with her own two eyes was extremely important to her. This was her first sighting of Antarctica, though she?d been to its continent two times prior. According to our tourist, the plane never landed, but they certainly traveled over it.
As [...]

Visit The Frigid Expanse

Anyone can travel to the usual places of the Bahamas, Mexico and Canada. Break free from the rut and see Antarctica. An increased number of tourists have come to this cold, barren continent in the past few years. Though we seem to have forgotten about Antarctica, most school children have studied it.
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