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Antarctica sits on every line of longitude because the South Pole is on the continent. Theoretically, Antarctica would be located in all time zones; however, areas south of the Antarctic Circle experience extreme day-night cycles near the times of the June and December solstices, making it difficult to determine which time zone would be appropriate.
Antarctica Day is an international holiday recognizing the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. It is celebrated on December 1 each year. Along with Midwinter Day, it is one of Antarctica's two principal holidays.
The Estación Polar Científica Conjunta Glaciar Unión (or Union Glacier Joint Scientific Polar Station) or Union Glacier Station is a summer Antarctic base of Chile, situated on Union Glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains.
Polar night is a phenomenon that occurs in the northernmost and southernmost regions of Earth when the Sun remains below the horizon for more than 24 hours. This only occurs inside the polar circles. [1] The opposite phenomenon, polar day or midnight sun, occurs when the Sun remains above the horizon for more than 24 hours.
As a result of its latitude, the summer day and winter night are four months long and the night sky often displays the aurora australis. [ 2 ] As of 2014 [update] Belgrano II is composed of a dozen buildings stationed on the nunatak rock, [ 6 ] spanning a total area of 6 ha (60,000 m 2 ; 650,000 sq ft).
freeCodeCamp (also referred to as Free Code Camp) is a non-profit educational organization [4] that consists of an interactive learning web platform, an online community forum, chat rooms, online publications and local organizations that intend to make learning software development accessible to anyone.
Earth's terminator as seen from space. A terminator or twilight zone is a moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary body.The terminator is defined as the locus of points on a planet or moon where the line through the center of its parent star is tangent.
The main part of the summer camp at Dome C (Concordia) Station in January 2005. Concordia Research Station, which opened in 2005, is a French–Italian research facility managed by l'Institut polaire français Paul-Émile Victor and Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide, that was built 3,233 m (10,607 ft) above sea level on a geographical formation known as dôme C, on the Antarctic ...