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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...
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    Whales — The Wildlife of Antarctica." The exhibition was part of Stout's effort to alert and inform the public of the complex beauty of Antarctica, and to...
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  • A flag of Antarctica is a flag or flag design that represents the continent of Antarctica. As a condominium with no single governing body, it does not...
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    Antarctica (/ænˈtɑːrktɪkə/ ) is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded...
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  • indecent exposure. Other types of crime that have occurred in Antarctica include illicit drug use, torturing and killing wildlife, racing motorbikes through...
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    US-based charity to raise awareness about the impact of climate change on the wildlife of Antarctica and has also been active in speaking about the need...
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    in Antarctica Time in Antarctica Tom Crean (explorer) Transantarctic Mountains Victoria Land Voyage of the James Caird West Antarctica Wildlife of Antarctica...
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    80°E / 80°S 80°E / -80; 80 East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority (two-thirds) of the Antarctic continent, lying primarily...
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    continent of Antarctica is so cold that it has supported only 2 vascular plants for millions of years, and its flora presently consists of around 250...
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  • breed in large numbers. Wildlife of Antarctica Biswas, Soutik (2021-07-08). "India discovers new plant species in Antarctica". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-07-10...
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    79°S 100°W / -79; -100 West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of that continent that lies within...
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  • S., Amtrak station code DOW Dow Nunatak, Antarctica Dow Peak, Antarctica Dow (surname), including a list of people with the name Dow Finsterwald (1929–2022)...
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    J.G.M. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press, 2002. "Southern Elephant Seals". Wildlife of Antarctica. Antarctic Connection...
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    (summer) tour season lasts from November to March. Most of the estimated 14,762 visitors to Antarctica from 1999–2000 were on sea cruises. During the 2009...
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    comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau, and other island territories located on the Antarctic Plate or south of the Antarctic Convergence...
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    Drake Passage (category Straits of Antarctica)
    body of water between South America's Cape Horn, Chile, Argentina, and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the southwestern part of the...
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  • from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2018-04-06. "Skuas - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection". Archived from the original on February...
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    uniqueness of a sacred deer population that humans have protected for a long time. In Antarctica the first known instance of death due to human-wildlife conflict...
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    Program was the beginning of concerns for Antarctic wildlife, as the geophysical scientists' efforts to explore Antarctica proved to be inadvertently...
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    The Crocodile Hunter is a wildlife documentary television series that was hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife, Terri. The series became popular due to Irwin's...
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  • head of Berwick Glacier. Mount Kirkpatrick holds one of the most important fossil sites in Antarctica, the Hanson Formation. Because Antarctica used to...
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    inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. Founded by the Soviet Union in 1957, the station lies at the southern Pole of Cold, with the lowest reliably...
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    (Spanish for "Land of Fire"; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtjera ðel ˈfweɣo]), officially the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands...
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    Jeffrey Corwin (born July 11, 1967) is an American biologist and wildlife conservationist, known for hosting Disney Channel's Going Wild with Jeff Corwin...
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  • Looking at Life in Antarctica Tonight". New York Times. 8 May 1969. p. 95. "TV Times". Montreal Gazette. 8 November 1969. "The Journal of TV". Edmonton Journal...
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  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an annual international wildlife photography competition staged by the Natural History Museum in London, England...
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    composition of Madagascar's wildlife reflects the fact that the island has been isolated for about 88 million years. The prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent...
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    The wildlife of Chile is very diverse because of the country's slender and elongated shape, which spans a wide range of latitude, and altitude, ranging...
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  • Factbook. The ISO 3166 country name Antarctica comprises the continent of Antarctica and all land and ice shelves south of the 60th parallel south. The ISO...
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    Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station (category Outposts of Antarctica)
    Arctowskiego) is a Polish research station on King George Island, off the coast of Antarctica. The station is named for Henryk Arctowski (1871–1958), who as meteorologist...
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