The whales of Antarctica

There are 15 types of whales that visit Antarctica

Gentoo penguins

Gentoo Penguins
The ones with bushy tails.

Photo by Liam Quinn

The post office of Antarctica

At port Lockroy on Goudier Island on the Antarctic Peninsular

is a Royal Mail post office

Post card time!!!

Photo by Dr Ivanov

The midnight sun

Its midnight
And the sun is out?

Adelie penguins

Adelie Penguins

The tuxedo one

Photo by Chadica

What grows in a frozen desert?

Can anything grow in a frozen desert?

No soil

No rain

No sunlight for several months a year

Sub zero conditions nearly all year round

And yet....

ICE wonderful ICE

Ice.

There is a lot of it in Antarctica.

But did you know that not all ice is the same? That there are many different types of ice.

"Grotto in an iceberg" by National Library of New Zeland photographed during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1913, 5 Jan 1911. Photographer: Herbert Ponting, Alexander Turnbull Library

Who owns Antarctica

Antarctica isn't owned by anyone.

There has never been a war on Antarctica

It is governed under a treaty which manages its use so that it is not exploited.

Penguins

Penguins are aquatic flightless birds.

There are 17 recognised species of penguin.

Not all species of penguin live near Antarctica, although they all do live in the Southern Hemisphere. But they are the most common bird on Antarctica, living in huge colonies.

Surviving Antarctica

Antarctica is one the harshest environments on the planet.

What humans eat effects how well they cope with the environment.

The food store at Rothera Research Base

Felicity Aston

Felicity Aston is a polar adventurer and climate scientist. 

She is the first person to manually ski 1084 miles across Antarctica, coast to coast via the south pole, and she did it completely alone.

Research Stations- Rothera

Rothera Research Station on Adelaide Island on the Antarctic Peninsular studies marine and terrestrial biology, geology, glaciology, meteorology and upper atmospherics.

It is also the capital of the British Antarctic Territory and the logistics centre for British Antarctic Survey.

Mountains of Antartica

Antarctica just doesn't have a couple of mountains, it has thousands of mountains, and 42 mountain ranges.

Some of them have only recently been found. 

Most of them have never been climbed.