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Antarctic Digital Database (Topographic data for Antarctica, including web map browser) Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA; USGS web pages) Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA; NASA web pages) (archived 14 February 2015) Geography of the land under the ice of Antarctica:
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain. Materials based on Hubble Space Telescope data may be copyrighted if they are not explicitly produced by the STScI . [1]
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').
<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 ...
In December 2016, Buzz Aldrin was visiting the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, as part of a tourist group, when he fell ill and was evacuated, first to McMurdo Station and from there to Christchurch, New Zealand, where he was reported to be in stable condition. Aldrin's visit at age 86 makes him the oldest person to ever reach ...
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Geographic map of Antarctica, ... The Antarctic ice sheet is a continental glacier ... The British Antarctic Survey and NASA also issued statements affirming the ...
MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica image map. National Snow and Ice Data Center, digital media. Metadata for Antarctica's Coastline and Ice Sheet Grounding Line Files: ...