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The 70th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 70 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane in the Antarctic. The parallel passes through the Southern Ocean and Antarctica . Around the world
The 70th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 70 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean , Europe , Asia and North America , and passes through some of the southern seas of the Arctic Ocean .
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70th parallel south, a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere This page was last edited on 5 February 2018, at 01:32 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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See also 0–9 70th parallel south 80th parallel south A Aboa (research station) Aeneas Mackintosh Amundsen's South Pole expedition Antarctica Antarctic Circle Antarctica Day Antarctic gateway cities Antarctic Peninsula Antarctic realm Antarctic krill Antarctic microorganisms B Borceguí Island British Antarctic Survey British Antarctic Territory C Carsten Borchgrevink Chapel of the Snows ...
Some 98% of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, the world's largest ice sheet and also its largest reservoir of fresh water. Averaging at least 1.6 km thick, the ice is so massive that it has depressed the continental bedrock in some areas more than 2.5 km below sea level; subglacial lakes of liquid water also occur (e.g., Lake ...