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2. Wildlife of Antarctica - Wikipedia

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   The wildlife of Antarctica are extremophiles, having adapted to the dryness, low temperatures, and high exposure common in Antarctica. The extreme weather of the interior contrasts to the relatively mild conditions on the Antarctic Peninsula and the subantarctic islands , which have warmer temperatures and more liquid water.

3. File:Antarctica 6400px from Blue Marble.jpg - Wikipedia

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4. Flora Antarctica - Wikipedia

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   David Senchina notes that Hooker was the first botanist to set foot on Antarctica, in 1840; the first sighting of a plant on the continent was only a few years earlier, namely A. Young's observation of Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) in 1819, from HMS Andromache, and the first plant specimen from an Antarctic island had been ...

5. Winners And Highly Honored Photos Of The NBP ... - AOL

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   Nature’s Best Photography (NBP) International Awards recently announced winning and highly honored photos that are absolutely captivating. Over 25 thousand images were entered to compete in 11 ...

6. AP PHOTOS: On Antarctica's ice and in its seas ... - AOL

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   When U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Antarctica in November to highlight a planet in peril to set the stage for global climate talks in Dubai, he went to see an accelerating ice ...

7. McMurdo Dry Valleys - Wikipedia

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   McMurdo Dry Valleys, Landsat 7 imagery acquired on December 18, 1999 The Dry Valleys are so named because of their extremely low humidity and lack of snow or ice cover. They are also dry because, in this location, the mountains are sufficiently high that they block seaward-flowing ice from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet from reaching the Ross

8. Antarctic realm - Wikipedia

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   Antarctica's two flowering plant species, the Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis), are found on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica is also home to a diversity of animal life, including penguins, seals, and whales.

9. My epic Antarctica voyage ended in angry protests – but I ...

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   This was a magnificently ambitious odyssey of unpredictability and exposure to nature’s elemental forces. And as countless great explorers have discovered, Antarctica, whether you make it or not ...