All About Antarctica v Earths southernmost continent v

All About Antarctica

v Earth's southernmost continent. v The coldest, driest, and windiest continent. v Coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth − 128. 6 °F

Antarctic sea life includes: vpenguins vblue whales vorcas vfur seals vcolossal squids

Antarctica has no government & belongs to no country Antarctica has no permanent residents Its status is regulated by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty

Date Country 1908 United Kingdom 1923 New Zealand Territory British Antarctic Territory Claim limits 20°W to 80°W Ross Dependency 150°W to 160°E Adélie Land 142° 2'E to 136° 11'E 1924 France 1929 Norway Peter I Island 68° 50′S 90° 35′W 68. 833°S 90. 583°W) 1933 Australian Antarctic Territory 160°E to 142° 2'E and 136° 11'E to 44° 38'E 1939 Norway Queen Maud Land 44° 38'E to 20°W 1940 Chile 1943 Argentina — None Antártica 53°W to 90°W Argentine Antarctica 25°W to 74°W Unclaimed territory (Marie Byrd Land) 90°W to 150°W (except the Peter I Island)

Over 4, 000 scientists operate research stations v 28 nations operate research stations & conduct experiments v Antarctic Treaty prohibits any military activities

ANTARCTICA FACTS v. If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 200 – 210 feet - everywhere. v. Antarctica is the best place in the world to find meteorites. v. Possibly the biggest iceberg ever, broke free from the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica in 2000. It was 183 miles long and 23 miles wide, similar in size to Connecticut. v. The Antarctic ice cap has 90% of all the ice on earth and between 60 and 70 % of all of the world's fresh water.