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*ANTARCTICA*

Antarctica has lots of penguins. The question is how do penguins stay warm? Penguins stay warm because of their feathers. Their feathers are thick for cold weather. [|penguins]



=__ANIMALS O﻿F ANTARCTICA__ = ﻿Antarctica has all sorts or animals, some of their animals are fish, seals, whales, Arctic Tern, sharks, and penugins. Arctic Tern are large birds that eat food twice there size. They camouflaged because they are all white, and in Antarctica it's mostly all white. [|animals] media type="custom" key="9013744" align="right"

__ Flag __ Antarctica does not have a flag because it is not even a real country. In fact it does not even have a capital or an official language. There are no countries or a permanent population so there is no official flag. Some countries have come up with there own flag designs for their own baces but Antarctica has no official flag.



__Place + Location__ Antarctica is the southernmost continent in the world. It contains the South Pole, which is the southernmost point on the earth. It is surrounded by oceans, specifically the Indian, the Atlantic, and the Pacific Oceans __. __ Antarctica has lots of physical features. One of its features is the Antarctic Peninsula. The Antarctic Peninsula is the largest peninsula Antarctica has! Most of Antarcticas population are scientist. The scientist study Antarctica's land forms.

__ HEI __ Scientists go to Antarctica to study, they have there own shelters. Back in the 1980's people would go to Antarctica to dump all there trash in the crevasses. If one of their planes or veicles broke down there they would get help and leave the remains of them just sitting there. Part of the Antarctic Treaty called the Madrid Protocal requires that national Antarctic programmes clean up abanded work sites to save Antarctica from global warming.

Movement In Antarctica most scientists get around by plane. Some other ways to get around are by truck, boat, ships, snowmobiles, and sled dogs.

Regions There are some of regions in Antarctica! They are the Antarctic Peninsula, East Antarctica, Ross Sea, the South Pole, and West Antarctica.