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[9] [10] [11] Antarctic animals have adapted to reduce heat loss, with mammals developing warm windproof coats and layers of blubber. [12] Antarctica's cold deserts have some of the least diverse fauna in the world. Terrestrial vertebrates are limited to subantarctic islands, and even then they are limited in number. [13]
The laboratory is named in honor of geophysicist and glaciologist Albert P. Crary. There are five pods making for 4,320 square meters of working area that includes a two-story core, a biology pod, earth sciences and atmospheric sciences pods, and an aquarium .
The flightless midge Belgica antarctica, the largest purely terrestrial animal in Antarctica, reaches 6 mm (1 ⁄ 4 in) in size. [ 115 ] Antarctic krill , which congregates in large schools , is the keystone species of the ecosystem of the Southern Ocean, being an important food organism for whales, seals, leopard seals , fur seals, squid ...
Palmer Station has been used for science education projects, and, for example, did a group video call to a high school science class to teach about the facilities' research in 2023. [ 12 ] Some of the areas of scientific study at Palmer Station include zooplankton , phytoplankton , microbial ecology , biochemistry, penguins , and other seabirds .
A half-mile of ice isn't enough to suffocate life. A team of scientists who drilled into one of Antarctica's subglacial lakes last year says the lake is pretty well-packed with living things.
The following is a list of native wild mammal species recorded in Antarctica. There are 23 mammal species in Antarctica, all of which are marine. Three are considered endangered, one is vulnerable, eight are listed as data deficient, and one has not yet been evaluated. [1] Domesticated species, such as the dogs formerly present, [2] are not ...
Antarctica New Zealand: 1969 Summer −19.7 1995 Closed Vostok I East Antarctica Soviet Union Russian Academy of Sciences: 1957 Permanent 1957 Closed, abandoned Weddell 1 Weddell Sea Russia United States Russian Antarctic Expedition, National Science Foundation: 1992 Summer 1992 Evacuated Wilkes: Clark Peninsula United States Australia
The geodesic dome on the ridge houses Antarctica New Zealand's satellite communication system. The initial Aurora radar and hut, 1959 Arrival Heights Laboratory is a research station in the Antarctic Specially Protected Area of Arrival Heights in Antarctica , around 2 km from McMurdo Station .