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 ~Antarctica~ __**AVERAGE TEMPERATURE:**__ In Antarctica the coldest temperatures are usually during late August before the return of the sun. On the Antarctic Peninsula, temperatures are milder yet snowstorms and gale force winds can persist for days or weeks on end.**[|Average Temperature]**

__** PLANTS: **__ There are 150 lichens, 30 mosses, and some fungi and one liverwort. A few of the fungi found in Antarctica are unique to the continent. Fungi have been studied little. Of all the plants, lichens are best adapted to survive in the harsh polar climate. Some lichens have even been found only about 400 km from the South Pole.**[|Plants]**

__** ANIMALS: **__ They include fish, whales, sharks, seals, arctic terns, and penguins. There are no animals that actually live in Antarctica.**[|Animals]**

__More Animals__: Some of Antarctica's animals are Weddel Seal, Orcas, Rockhopper Penguins, Black-browed Albatross, Leopard Seal,Southern Elephant Seal, and the Macaroni Penguin. ﻿**[|More Animals]**

== __**LEOPARD SEAL:** __ Is the second largest species of a seal in the Antarctic. Can be found on the coasts of Australia, Tasmania, South Africa, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Tierra del Fuego, the Cook Islands, and the Atlantic coast of South America. == === __** MACARONI PENGUIN: **__ The Macaroni Penguin has a scientific name that is Eudyptes chrysolophus. It is 71 centimeters tall and weighs 4 kg. They spend all of the winter at the sea and returns to their colonies on the inner and outer Antarctic Islands to engage in lively courtship. Macaronis lay 2 eggs in their sparse nest. First egg is 50 per cent smaller than the second, usually survives rarer. After 35 days of incubation, the surviving chick is guarded by the male for the first three weeks while the female periodically returns with krill. ===



__**GEOGRAPHY: **__ Antarctica was joined together by Australia, Africa, South America, and India in a supercontinent known as Gondwanaland. Antarctica Government has no definite form or shape. Antarctica is not a country.

__**LOCATION: **__ Antarctica is a little bigger than Australia. It is 5.4 square miles long. About half the size of the United States. **[|Location]**

__**NATURAL RESOURCES: **__ Some of the natural resources are iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum, and other minerals. Coal and hydrocarbons have been found in small uncommerical quantities.
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__**PLACE: **__ Antarctica is by the South Pole. It is in the Southern Hemisphere. Antarctica has a cold climate all year round. Not many people live in Antarctica. They just come to visit there for awhile then they leave.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">HUMAN ENVIROMENT INTERACTIONS: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Scienctists go there to study.There have been no major pollution incidents or losses of life in Antarctica as a result of tourism. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[| HEI] **

== __**GLACIERS:**__ Glaciers grew millions of years ago in the South Pole. They are made by more and more falling snow. Then that snow turned to ice, and the ice bulit up. Then thousands of years later it formed a glacier. Glaciers are really only made up of ice, water, and air.==

== __GLOBAL WARMING:__ The impacts of warming temperatures in Antarctica are likely to occur first in the northern sections of the continent. Global warming is real, it is happening more quickly in some parts o fthe world than others. [|Global Warming]==

== __﻿Getting Around:__ This is how people get around in Antarctica they fly in helicopter, sledges and dogs, skis, and ski planes. People in Antarctica have a lot of options to get around. [|Getting Around] ==

== __CLAIMING:__ There are seven nations that actually claim Antarctica. <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">They are Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom. [|Claiming] ==

==**__REGIONS:__** ﻿Antarctica is about the size of Australia. If you would put Australia into the shape of Antarctica it will be just about the same exact size. The Antarctic Circle is one of the five major circles or parallels of latitude that mark maps of the Earth.==