Antarctica

By Tom

Antarctica
Antarctica is 14,000,000 km2, it is almost twice

the size of Australia and is bigger than Europe.

The name Antarctica comes from a Greek word

meaning opposite to the north.

The South Pole is found in Antarctica.
The cold and dry conditions in theDry

Valleysregion of Antarctica are so close to those

on Mars that NASA did testing there for the Viking
mission.

Robert Falcon Scott

Robert Falcon Scott led two expeditions to the

South Pole. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO, RN
was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who
led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the
Discovery Expedition, 190104, and the ill-fated
Terra Nova Expedition, 191013. At a distance of
150 miles from their base camp and 11 miles from
the next depot, Scott and his companions died from
a combination of exhaustion,starvationand
extreme cold.

Antarctic Mountains
In Antarctica there are many mountains.

Some mountains include Mt Shinn, Mt Hope,

Mt Gardner and the tallest mountain in
Antarctica Vinson Massif. Of course there are
more mountains but the list would go on and
on and on.
Mount Hope

Mount
Gardner

Vinson
Massif

Mount
Shinn

Antarctic Volcanoes
There are many volcanoes on Antarctica like,

the active Mount Erebus, Mount Terror,

Deception Island and so on. Some volcanoes
last erupted about 4 million years ago like
Mount Bird, but some, like Mount Erebus last
erupted this year.
Mount Erebus
Erupting

Deception Island
Volcano

Antarctica Location
Antarctica is the southernmost continent
on Earth. It is located at the bottom of the
world.

Antarctica

Antarctic
a

South
Pole

Surrounding Oceans and

Seas
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Ross Sea
Weddell Sea
Bellingshausen Sea

Aurora
Aurora is a light also none as the Northern

and Southern lights. They form in both poles

and may be seen from nearby countries. They
are made by plasma separating from the sun
hitting Earths magnetic field which makes the
lights. They are usually green, but can be
blue, red, purple and more colours.

You Will Find

Whales including the Humpback Whales
Penguins including the Emperor Penguin
Seals including the Leopard Seal
Birds Including the Wandering Albatross
Invertebrates including Krill
Ice Bergs
Ice Caves
Ice Crystal
In Antarctica.

Interesting Facts
Antarctica is known as the driest desert in the world
If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans

would rise by 60 to 65 meters (200 - 210ft)

-everywhere.
There is awaterfallin Antarctica that isred as blood.
Thehighest temperature ever recorded inAntarctica
is14.5C.
Antarcticawas once aswarm as modern-dayCalifornia.
Australiaclaims to own thelargest territory in
Antarctica: 5.8 million sq km.
90% of allmeteorites ever found have come from
Antarctica.
Australiaclaims to own thelargest territory in
Antarctica: 5.8 million sq km (2.2 million sq mi).

Idea from
Brayden Farr

Bibliography
Google images
en.wikipedia.org
http://www.coolantarctica.com
http://www.factslides.com/
http://www.livescience.com/
http://www.coolantarctica.com