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    Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth located at the bottom of the world. It is 14,000,000 km2, almost twice the size of Australia and bigger than Europe. The South Pole is found in Antarctica. Antarctica contains many mountains such as Vinson Massif, the tallest, as well as active volcanoes like Mount Erebus. It is surrounded by oceans such as the Southern Ocean and is home to wildlife including penguins, whales, seals and birds.

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    Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth located at the bottom of the world. It is 14,000,000 km2, almost twice the size of Australia and bigger than Europe. The South Pole is found in Antarctica. Antarctica contains many mountains such as Vinson Massif, the tallest, as well as active volcanoes like Mount Erebus. It is surrounded by oceans such as the Southern Ocean and is home to wildlife including penguins, whales, seals and birds.

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    Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth located at the bottom of the world. It is 14,000,000 km2, almost twice the size of Australia and bigger than Europe. The South Pole is found in Antarctica. Antarctica contains many mountains such as Vinson Massif, the tallest, as well as active volcanoes like Mount Erebus. It is surrounded by oceans such as the Southern Ocean and is home to wildlife including penguins, whales, seals and birds.

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    Antarctica

    By Tom

    Antarctica
    Antarctica is 14,000,000 km2, it is almost twice

    the size of Australia and is bigger than Europe.


    The name Antarctica comes from a Greek word

    meaning opposite to the north.


    The South Pole is found in Antarctica.
    The cold and dry conditions in theDry

    Valleysregion of Antarctica are so close to those


    on Mars that NASA did testing there for the Viking
    mission.

    Robert Falcon Scott

    Robert Falcon Scott led two expeditions to the


    South Pole. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO, RN
    was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who
    led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the
    Discovery Expedition, 190104, and the ill-fated
    Terra Nova Expedition, 191013. At a distance of
    150 miles from their base camp and 11 miles from
    the next depot, Scott and his companions died from
    a combination of exhaustion,starvationand
    extreme cold.

    Antarctic Mountains
    In Antarctica there are many mountains.

    Some mountains include Mt Shinn, Mt Hope,


    Mt Gardner and the tallest mountain in
    Antarctica Vinson Massif. Of course there are
    more mountains but the list would go on and
    on and on.
    Mount Hope

    Mount
    Gardner

    Vinson
    Massif

    Mount
    Shinn

    Antarctic Volcanoes
    There are many volcanoes on Antarctica like,

    the active Mount Erebus, Mount Terror,


    Deception Island and so on. Some volcanoes
    last erupted about 4 million years ago like
    Mount Bird, but some, like Mount Erebus last
    erupted this year.
    Mount Erebus
    Erupting

    Deception Island
    Volcano

    Antarctica Location
    Antarctica is the southernmost continent
    on Earth. It is located at the bottom of the
    world.

    Antarctica

    Antarctic
    a

    South
    Pole

    Surrounding Oceans and


    Seas
    Atlantic Ocean
    Southern Ocean
    Indian Ocean
    Pacific Ocean
    Ross Sea
    Weddell Sea
    Bellingshausen Sea

    Aurora
    Aurora is a light also none as the Northern

    and Southern lights. They form in both poles


    and may be seen from nearby countries. They
    are made by plasma separating from the sun
    hitting Earths magnetic field which makes the
    lights. They are usually green, but can be
    blue, red, purple and more colours.

    You Will Find


    Whales including the Humpback Whales
    Penguins including the Emperor Penguin
    Seals including the Leopard Seal
    Birds Including the Wandering Albatross
    Invertebrates including Krill
    Ice Bergs
    Ice Caves
    Ice Crystal
    In Antarctica.

    Interesting Facts
    Antarctica is known as the driest desert in the world
    If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans

    would rise by 60 to 65 meters (200 - 210ft)


    -everywhere.
    There is awaterfallin Antarctica that isred as blood.
    Thehighest temperature ever recorded inAntarctica
    is14.5C.
    Antarcticawas once aswarm as modern-dayCalifornia.
    Australiaclaims to own thelargest territory in
    Antarctica: 5.8 million sq km.
    90% of allmeteorites ever found have come from
    Antarctica.
    Australiaclaims to own thelargest territory in
    Antarctica: 5.8 million sq km (2.2 million sq mi).

    Idea from
    Brayden Farr

    Bibliography
    Google images
    en.wikipedia.org
    http://www.coolantarctica.com
    http://www.factslides.com/
    http://www.livescience.com/
    http://www.coolantarctica.com

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