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A meltwater stream in the Abernethy Flats, James Ross Island, with multiple sources, including the main James Ross Island ice cap and a smaller cap east of the river's estuary. In April 2014, Cooper Millman measured the length of the river's tributaries to be 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi), the second longest on the continent, from the main ice cap ...
Antarctic melt stream. Antarctica is a desert, receiving very little annual precipitation. [1] However meltwater from the continent's ice features produce a number of rivers and streams. A list of these can be found at List of rivers of Antarctica
Expeditions in Antarctica before the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, 1897 1780s to 1839 – American and British whalers and sealers make incidental discoveries. 1819 – William Smith discovers South Shetland Islands ( 62°00′S 58°00′W / 62.000°S 58.000°W / -62.000; -58.000 ), the first land discovered south of 60 ...
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Scottish National Antarctic Expedition; Second German Antarctic Expedition; Shackleton–Rowett Expedition; List of Antarctic exploration ships from the Heroic Age, 1897–1922; South Polar Times; South Pole–Queen Maud Land Traverse; Southern Cross Expedition; Southern Ocean Expedition; Swedish Antarctic Expedition
<p>Chances are you make it through most days without sparing a thought for Antarctica. At just over 5.4 million square miles, it's a massive chunk of land that is nearly twice the size of ...
McMurdo Dry Valleys, Landsat 7 imagery acquired on December 18, 1999 The Dry Valleys are so named because of their extremely low humidity and lack of snow or ice cover. They are also dry because, in this location, the mountains are sufficiently high that they block seaward-flowing ice from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet from reaching the Ross
The Onyx River is an Antarctic meltwater stream which flows westward through the Wright Valley from Wright Lower Glacier and Lake Brownworth at the foot of the glacier to Lake Vanda, during the few months of the Antarctic summer. At 32 kilometres (20 mi) in length, it is the longest river in Antarctica.