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  2. Villa Las Estrellas - Wikipedia

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    Villa Las Estrellas in 2011. Villa Las Estrellas. Night view. Chilean Post office in Villa Las Estrellas. Chapel of St. Mary Queen of Peace.. Villa Las Estrellas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʝa las esˈtɾeʝas]; Spanish for The Stars Village [3] or Hamlet of the Stars) [4] is a permanently inhabited outpost on King George Island within the Chilean Antarctic claim, the Chilean Antarctic ...

  3. Colonization of Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    Colonization of Antarctica is the establishing and maintaining of control over Antarctic land for exploitation and possibly settlement. [1]Antarctica was claimed by several states since the 16th century, culminating in a territorial competition in the first half of the 20th century when its interior was explored and the first Antarctic camps and bases were set up.

  4. Mawson's Huts - Wikipedia

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    Mawson's Huts are a collection of buildings located at Cape Denison, in the far eastern sector of the Australian Antarctic Territory, some 3000 km south of Hobart.The huts were erected and occupied by members of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911–1914, led by geologist and explorer Sir Douglas Mawson.

  5. Scientists looked at images from space to see how fast ... - AOL

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    Antarctica's Ardley Island, which is around a mile long and home to a number number of penguin colonies. - Dan Charman Vegetation growing on the rocky landscape at Norsel Point in Antarctica.

  6. Emperor Penguin Travels Over 2,000 Miles For An Adventure Of ...

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    The emperor penguin, the first of his species to be found in Australia, appeared to be malnourished, more than 2,000 miles away from his icy Antarctic home Image credits: USA TODAY Image credits ...

  7. Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    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 ').

  8. Before becoming frozen wasteland, Antarctica was home ... - AOL

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    Antarctica's climate at the time resembled the modern-day Valdivian rainforest in Chile, very wet with temperatures during the warmest months averaging about 57 degrees Fahrenheit (14 degrees ...

  9. Antarctic realm - Wikipedia

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    Antarctica's two flowering plant species, the Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis), are found on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica is also home to a diversity of animal life, including penguins, seals, and whales.

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