Antarctica
the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. About 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km).
- Also called Antarctic Continent.
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During a phone call from our respective home offices, McClintock shared his experiences of watching Antarctica transform—and turn green.
The Greening of Antarctica - Issue 90: Something Green | Marissa Grunes | October 7, 2020 | NautilusI know more of them than most people because of my trips to Antarctica and my time out in the field.
Kim Stanley Robinson Holds Out Hope - Issue 90: Something Green | Liz Greene | October 7, 2020 | NautilusThey exist on four of the five continents–except Antarctica–and can live in ecosystems varying from the deepest and murkiest waters to the highest of treetops.
What hundreds of pickled frog carcasses can tell us about their enormous eyes | María Paula Rubiano A. | October 1, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThese same analysis techniques have been used closer to home to map subglacial lakes in Antarctica and Greenland.
A ‘lake’ on Mars may be surrounded by more pools of water | Christopher Crockett | September 28, 2020 | Science NewsThe new analysis applies lessons learned in discriminating between wet and dry subglacial conditions in radar data for Antarctica and Greenland.
There might be even more underground reservoirs of liquid water on Mars | Neel Patel | September 28, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Michael Clinton, president of marketing at Hearst, just ran a marathon in Antarctica.
Joanna Coles: Why Cosmopolitan Does Sexy and Serious So Well | Lloyd Grove | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnother, Autosub-2, was trapped as it explored life beneath permanent ice shelves around Antarctica in 2005.
Lost Ocean Rover Leaves Gap in Biology and Alzheimer's Research | Beenish Ahmed | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey went AWOL all around the world—from the waters around Antarctica to just off a Japanese Island—for a host of reasons.
Lost Ocean Rover Leaves Gap in Biology and Alzheimer's Research | Beenish Ahmed | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLet's hope he didn't get frostbite - here's the science of getting naked in Antarctica.
Nude At The South Pole, It's Alexander Skarsgard, NOT Prince Harry (This Time!) | Tom Sykes | January 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn December 6, Liautaud and his teammate Doug Stoup, set off from Antarctica on a 640-kilometer ski journey to the South Pole.
Do you mean that everyone who's been arrested is here, in Antarctica?
The Penal Cluster | Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)Antarctica is isolated enough to keep that knowledge secret for a long time—at least until safeguards could be set up.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall GarrettAt its best, it has the continent of Antarctica beat four thousand ways from a week ago last Candlemas.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall Garrett"I can't very well find a cave in Antarctica and hide," I replied glumly.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithThey often attain a velocity of eighty miles an hour in Antarctica and Greenland.
Climatic Changes | Ellsworth Huntington
British Dictionary definitions for Antarctica
/ (æntˈɑːktɪkə) /
a continent around the South Pole: consists of an ice-covered plateau, 1800–3000 m (6000 ft to 10 000 ft) above sea level, and mountain ranges rising to 4500 m (15 000 ft) with some volcanic peaks; average temperatures all below freezing and human settlement is confined to research stations. All political claims to the mainland are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
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Cultural definitions for Antarctica
Continent surrounding the South Pole, located almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle. It is covered by an ice cap up to thirteen thousand feet thick.
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