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America the Beautiful is a documentary television series dedicated to showcase North America's natural diversity and extreme conditions. [1] [2] The series is narrated by Michael B. Jordan and premiered on Disney+ on July 4, 2022, as a Disney+ Original, [3] [4] under the National Geographic banner. [5] [6] The series was removed from Disney+ on ...
The range was discovered by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and is named for Soviet geophysicist Grigoriy A. Gamburtsev. [2] [3] It is approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) long, and the mountains are believed to be about 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) high, [4] although they are completely covered by over 600 metres (2,000 ft) of ice ...
The region covers some 20 percent of the Southern Hemisphere, of which 5.5 percent (14 million km 2) is the surface area of the Antarctica continent itself. All of the land and ice shelves south of 60°S latitude are administered under the Antarctic Treaty System.
A speculative representation of Antarctica labelled as ' Terra Australis Incognita ' on Jan Janssonius's Zeekaart van het Zuidpoolgebied (1657), Het Scheepvaartmuseum The name given to the continent originates from the word antarctic, which comes from Middle French antartique or antarctique (' opposite to the Arctic ') and, in turn, the Latin antarcticus (' opposite to the north ').
On November 8, 1956, the Sōya, carrying her team of fifty-three Japanese crew members and 22 sled dogs disembarked from the docks of Japan and headed south for the continent of Antarctica. 2. "Arrival! Antarctica" The Sōya sailed south from Japan for the frozen continent of Antarctica, only to run into difficult obstacles along the way ...
Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of 1,610,000 km 2 (620,000 sq mi), it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th century. [1]
Half Moon Island is a minor Antarctic island, lying in McFarlane Strait 1.35 km (0.84 mi) north of Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 171 hectares (420 acres). [1] The Argentine Cámara Base is located on the island. It is only accessible by sea and by ...
America the Beautiful (Disney film), created using 360 film techniques and 360-degree cameras "America the Beautiful" , a 1995 episode of Duckman "America the Beautiful" , a 2018 episode of Outlander; America the Beautiful, a 2022 American television documentary series