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The 70th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 70 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane in the Antarctic. The parallel passes through the Southern Ocean and Antarctica . Around the world
The 71st parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 71 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane in the Antarctic. The parallel passes through the Southern Ocean and Antarctica . Around the world
Aurora Australis, the first book produced in Antarctica, during the Nimrod Expedition; Avro Shackleton, British long-range maritime patrol aircraft used by the Royal Air Force, named after him; RRS Ernest Shackleton, a research ship formerly operated by the British Antarctic Survey; Shackleton crater, an impact crater near the south pole of the ...
Encounters at the End of the World is a 2007 American documentary film by Werner Herzog about Antarctica and the people who choose to spend time there. It was released in North America on June 11, 2008, and distributed by ThinkFilm. [2]
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70th parallel south, a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere This page was last edited on 5 February 2018, at 01:32 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic , referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle , was coined by Marinus of Tyre in the 2nd century AD.
Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica.These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and study facilities within their respective claimed territories; however, a number of such facilities are located outside of the area claimed by their ...