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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 ...
Ushuaia is the most southerly of the gateway cities and is located roughly 1000 km from the Antarctic Peninsula. Ushuaia is by far the most popular gateway city for tourism to Antarctica, accounting for 90% of all tourists to the continent. [18] Nearly all of the passengers departing Ushuaia for Antarctica travel by cruise ship.
The three contending cities are from north to south: Punta Arenas ( 53°10′S 70°56′W / 53.167°S 70.933°W / -53.167; -70.933 , population: 123,403), literally in Spanish: "Sandy Point", is the oldest and largest city in Southern Patagonia , at the Strait of Magellan and the capital of the Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region
Researchers at the personal finance website compared 182 cities — including the nation’s 150 most populated cities — across two categories: women’s economic and social well-being and women ...
For decades, Antarctica has been a masculine realm in popular imagination. These female scientists and explorers are trying to change that. Breaking the Ice Ceiling: The Women Working in ...
Many early women on Antarctica were the wives of explorers. [7] Some women worked with Antarctica from afar, crafting policies for a place they had never seen. [2] Women who wished to have larger roles in Antarctica and on the continent itself had to "overcome gendered assumptions about the ice and surmount bureaucratic inertia". [8]
Pages in category "Names of places in Antarctica" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island.It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), a branch of the National Science Foundation.