WebAntarctica is het continent rond de zuidpool van de Aarde.. De benaming Antarctica komt af van ant-arktikos (ἀνταρκτικός), een Grieks woord voor "tegenover het noorden". Met een oppervlakte van 14 miljoen vierkante kilometer is het het vijfde grootste continent, na Eurazië, Afrika, Noord-Amerika en Zuid-Amerika, en voor Australië.. Antarctica wordt …

WebThe history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe.The term Antarctic, referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle, was coined by Marinus of Tyre in the 2nd century AD.. The rounding of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn in the 15th and 16th centuries …

WebThe frozen continent of Antarctica was the last continent humanity set foot on. The first documented landings made below the Antarctic Circle took place in 1820, when Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and the crew of the Vostok and Mirny, as part of the Russian Antarctic Expedition, made land at Peter I Island and Alexander Island.. Various …

WebAntarctica (南極物語, Nankyoku Monogatari, lit."South Pole Story") is a 1983 Japanese drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Ken Takakura.Its plot centers on the 1958 ill-fated Japanese scientific expedition to the South Pole, its dramatic rescue from the impossible weather conditions on the return journey, the relationship between the …

WebColonization of Antarctica refers to establishment of civilian settlements in Antarctica having humans, including families, living on the continent of Antarctica.Currently, the continent hosts only two civilian settlements, the Argentinian-administered Esperanza Base and Chilean-administered Villa Las Estrellas, as well as about 70 scientific and military …

WebNothofagus antarctica (Antarctic beech; in Spanish Ñire or Ñirre) is a deciduous tree or shrub native to southern Chile and Argentina from about 36°S to Tierra del Fuego (56° S), where it grows mainly in the diminishing temperate rainforest.. Its occurrence on Hoste Island has previously earned it the distinction of being the southernmost tree on earth; …

WebKunlun Station (simplified Chinese: 昆仑站; traditional Chinese: 崑崙站; pinyin: Kūnlún Zhàn) is the southernmost of four Chinese research stations in Antarctica.When it is occupied during the summer, it is the second-southernmost research base in Antarctica, behind only the American Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station at the geographical South Pole.

WebBlood Falls is an outflow of an iron oxide-tainted plume of saltwater, flowing from the tongue of Taylor Glacier onto the ice-covered surface of West Lake Bonney in the Taylor Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Victoria Land, East Antarctica.. Iron-rich hypersaline water sporadically emerges from small fissures in the ice cascades. The saltwater source is a …

WebThe McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The Dry Valleys experience extremely low humidity and surrounding mountains prevent the flow of ice from nearby glaciers.The rocks here are granites and gneisses, and glacial tills dot this bedrock landscape, with loose …

WebOct 05, 2006 · English: Antarctica.An orthographic projection of NASA's Blue Marble data set (1 km resolution global satellite composite). "MODIS observations of polar sea ice were combined with observations of Antarctica made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s AVHRR sensor—the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer."