The Antarctic (/ænˈtɑːrtɪk/ or /ænˈtɑːrktɪk/, American English also /æntˈɑːrtɪk/ or /æntˈɑːrktɪk/; commonly /æˈnɑːrtɪk/) is a polar region around Earth's... 24 KB (3,794 words) - 00:05, 22 April 2024 |
The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to... 46 KB (4,154 words) - 23:27, 29 April 2024 |
Antarctica (redirect from Antarctic meteorites) Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic... 138 KB (14,955 words) - 13:50, 22 April 2024 |
Southern Ocean (redirect from Antarctic Ocean) The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude... 114 KB (14,809 words) - 00:26, 5 May 2024 |
The Antarctic Plate is a tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau, and some remote islands in the Southern Ocean and... 6 KB (548 words) - 14:01, 5 May 2024 |
The Antarctic Convergence or Antarctic Polar Front is a marine belt encircling Antarctica, varying in latitude seasonally, where cold, northward-flowing... 5 KB (537 words) - 15:00, 5 May 2024 |
The Antarctic Plateau, Polar Plateau or King Haakon VII Plateau is a large area of East Antarctica that extends over a diameter of about 1,000 kilometres... 4 KB (547 words) - 15:27, 1 December 2023 |
The Antarctic Circle is the most southerly of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of Earth. The region south of this circle is known as... 11 KB (791 words) - 08:33, 19 February 2024 |
of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate... 74 KB (12,543 words) - 19:48, 1 May 2024 |
69°30′S 65°00′W / 69.500°S 65.000°W / -69.500; -65.000 The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina... 47 KB (5,535 words) - 03:13, 1 April 2024 |
Research stations in Antarctica (redirect from Antarctic Year-Round Stations) ice stations set up in the Arctic, the current research stations of the Antarctic are constructed either on rocks or on ice that are (for practical purposes)... 76 KB (2,355 words) - 20:48, 27 April 2024 |
Territorial claims in Antarctica (redirect from Antarctic land claims) territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and study facilities within their respective claimed... 46 KB (4,756 words) - 03:08, 19 April 2024 |
The British Antarctic Territory (BAT) is a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom as one of its 14 British Overseas Territories, of which... 23 KB (2,209 words) - 13:34, 16 January 2024 |
that are buried underneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are probably even larger. It is part of the West Antarctic Rift System along with eighteen other... 53 KB (5,485 words) - 10:45, 16 April 2024 |
Antarctic flora are a distinct community of vascular plants which evolved millions of years ago on the supercontinent of Gondwana. Presently, species... 11 KB (1,235 words) - 20:37, 4 January 2024 |
The Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni), also known as the Antarctic cod, is a large, black or brown fish found in very cold (subzero) waters of... 39 KB (4,843 words) - 01:58, 10 January 2024 |
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a species of krill found in the Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. It is a small, swimming crustacean that... 40 KB (4,473 words) - 05:33, 15 April 2024 |
Antarctic English is a variety of the English language spoken by people living on the continent of Antarctica and within the subantarctic islands.: vii ... 7 KB (645 words) - 12:50, 9 April 2024 |
are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes... 3 KB (401 words) - 11:50, 14 April 2024 |
Richard E. Byrd (redirect from Byrd Antarctic Expedition) the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant... 77 KB (8,417 words) - 00:04, 29 April 2024 |
History of Antarctica (redirect from Antarctic Exploration) Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic, referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle, was coined by Marinus... 110 KB (11,853 words) - 17:07, 5 May 2024 |
Deschampsia antarctica (redirect from Antarctic hairgrass) antarctica, the Antarctic hair grass, is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort). Deschampsia... 4 KB (321 words) - 19:10, 25 April 2024 |
Robert Falcon Scott (redirect from Scott of the Antarctic) British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–04 and the Terra Nova expedition... 60 KB (7,907 words) - 17:58, 30 April 2024 |
Antarctic Expeditions, information about some of them from the British Antarctic Survey Antarctic-circle.org, Chronologies and Timelines of Antarctic... 55 KB (6,284 words) - 04:02, 29 April 2024 |
An Antarctic oasis is a large area naturally free of snow and ice in the otherwise ice-covered continent of Antarctica. In Antarctica there are, in addition... 4 KB (338 words) - 20:00, 29 April 2024 |