Antarctica
Coldest continental landmass
Antarctica is the continent at the Earth's southernmost point, covered almost entirely by ice sheet.
It has no permanent human population, only rotating researchers at scientific stations.
Unlike the Arctic, which is frozen ocean, Antarctica is landmass beneath the ice: penguins in Antarctica, Antarctic expedition.
- ScottName of Scottish origin
- ShackletonPolar expedition commander
- EnduranceCapacity to persist
- South PoleSouthernmost point on Earth
McMurdo · expedition · research station · icebreaker · sled · dogsledding · Terra Nova · base camp
Slow-moving ice mass
- icebergFloating glacial fragment
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
ice shelf · pack ice · sea ice · ice field · whiteout · crevasse · polar night · windchill
Largest living flightless aquatic bird
- krillSmall marine crustaceans
- leopard sealSpotted Antarctic marine carnivore
- orcaLarge predatory dolphin
- humpback whaleLarge singing baleen cetacean
albatross · petrels · minke whale · blue whale · icefish · skua · squid · rookery
Distant or controller
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
- barrenUnable to produce
outpost · solitude · secluded · emptiness · forsaken · cut-off · expedition · overwintering
Cleared of armed forces
- territorial claimsAssertions of regional sovereignty
- international cooperationCountries jointly addressing challenges
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
Amundsen
- ScottName of Scottish origin
- ShackletonPolar expedition commander
- EnduranceCapacity to persist
South Pole · McMurdo · expedition · research station · icebreaker · sled · dogsledding · Terra Nova · base camp
glacier
Slow-moving ice mass
permafrost · ice shelf · pack ice · sea ice · ice field · whiteout · crevasse · polar night · windchill · frostbite
emperor penguin
Largest living flightless aquatic bird
- krillSmall marine crustaceans
- leopard sealSpotted Antarctic marine carnivore
- orcaLarge predatory dolphin
humpback whale · albatross · petrels · minke whale · blue whale · icefish · skua · squid · rookery · colony
remote
Distant or controller
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
barren · outpost · solitude · secluded · emptiness · forsaken · cut-off · expedition · overwintering · base camp
demilitarized
Cleared of armed forces
- territorial claimsAssertions of regional sovereignty
- international cooperationCountries jointly addressing challenges
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- polar regionspolar bears, glaciers, penguins, iceberg, sea ice
- Cold Regionstundra regions, polar regions, Siberia, polar desert, frozen tundra
- ContinentsAfrica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America
- Extreme PlacesDeath Valley, Mariana Trench, Mount Everest, Sahara Desert, North Pole
- Extreme Terrainabyss, Death Valley, deep sea, desert, frozen tundra
- frozen landstundra, glacier, iceberg, ice sheet, ice cap
AntarcticaSahara Desert
Massive North African arid region
Death Valley · tropics · equator · equatorial regions · Amazon rainforest
- Antarctic CircleSouthern polar latitude boundary
- Antarctic expeditionsOrganized trips southernmost continent
- Antarctic explorationJourneys to southernmost continent
- Antarctic watersSeas near the South Pole
- Antarctic OceanColdest ocean, southernmost waters
- Antarctic researchScience on frozen continent