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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 ...
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 ').
A map of the Antarctic region, including the Antarctic Convergence and the 60th parallel south The Antarctic Plate. The Antarctic (/ æ n ˈ t ɑːr t ɪ k,-k t ɪ k /, US also / æ n t ˈ ɑːr t ɪ k,-k t ɪ k /; commonly / æ ˈ n ɑːr t ɪ k /) [Note 1] is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole.
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.
Brainania: from the animated series Pinky and the Brain; Brutopia: country appearing in several Donald Duck stories, possibly referring to the Soviet Union; Contraria: from the series WordGirl is the homeland of Nocan the Contrarian. Double Crossia: a country mentioned in the Three Stooges short You Nazty Spy
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 ...
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 ...
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