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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').
Antarctica: The Battle for the Seventh Continent is a 2016 book by Doaa Abdel-Motaal that discusses the future of Antarctica, arguing that the thawing continent offers living space, mineral and marine resources that were previously inaccessible. It calls upon the international community to revisit the Antarctic Treaty System and divide up the ...
The long shadow it casts forms the unmistakable shape of a compass arrow pointed south, an homage to the continent's legacy of exploration. Together, the two center shapes create a diamond, symbolizing the hope that Antarctica will continue to be a center of peace, discovery, and cooperation for generations to come."
In 1959, 12 countries - including Chile, Japan, Australia and the United States – signed the Antarctic Treaty, pledging that the seventh continent would only be used “for peaceful purposes ...
Continent: Population (2021) [1] [2] [4] % (world) ±% p.a. (2010–2013) Sovereign states (2024) De facto states (2024) Non-self-governing territory(ies) (2024) Other area(s) (2024) World: 7,909,295,151: 100% 1.17% 197 8 17 34 Asia: 4,694,576,167: 59.4% 1.04% 48 4 0 2 Africa: 1,393,676,444: 17.6%: 2.57% 54 2 2 4 Europe: 745,173,774: 9.4%: 0.08 ...
After rounding Chile’s Tierra del Fuego, escorted by dolphins, we reached a spot I had studied in college Geography classes: the fabled Drake Passage.
Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth. While Antarctica has never had a permanent human population, it has been explored by various groups, and many locations on and around the continent have been described. This page lists notable places in and immediately surrounding the Antarctic continent, including geographic features, bodies ...
Emilio Marcos Palma (born 7 January 1978) is an Argentine man who was the first documented person born on the continent of Antarctica at the Esperanza Base. [47] His father, Captain Jorge Palma, was head of the Argentine Army detachment at the base. While ten people have been born in Antarctica since, Palma's birthplace remains the southernmost.