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Enormous Canyon May Be Hidden Beneath Antarctic Ice
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Enormous Canyon May Be Hidden Beneath Antarctic Ice, January 14, 2016, By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor, A large lake and a gaping rift about as deep as the Grand Canyon but way long READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/53380-enormous-canyon-hidden-beneath-antarc...

Study: Melting of Antarctica's ice shelves to intensify
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Study: Melting of Antarctica's ice shelves to intensify, October 12, 2015, By Brooks Hays, UPI.com, WOODS HOLE, Mass., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- In a new study on the future of sea level rise, researcher READ MORE
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/10/12/Study-Melting-of-Antarctica...

Winds Carve Away Antarctic Snow
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Winds Carve Away Antarctic Snow, October 13, 2015, From: The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Environmental News Network, A new study has found that powerful winds are removing massive am READ MORE
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/49065

Hot Math Calculates Melting Sea Ice | Expedition Video
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Hot Math Calculates Melting Sea Ice | Expedition Video, October 14, 2015, Live Science, Video length: 09:43, Math man Ken Golden needed to understand how water moves through sea ice. So he bun READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/52477-hot-math-calculates-melting-sea-ice-e...

Mystery of Antarctica's Strange Disappearing Snow Is Solved
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Mystery of Antarctica's Strange Disappearing Snow Is Solved, October 15, 2015, by Elizabeth Newbern, Staff Writer, Live Science, Researchers studying areas of eastern Antarctica where snow is READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/52496-winds-remove-antarctica-snow.html

Polynya off the Antarctic Coast : Image of the Day
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Polynya off the Antarctic Coast : Image of the Day, November 22, 2011, NASA Earth Observatory, Winter conditions in the Arctic and Antarctic lead to the formation of sea ice. But in some places w READ MORE
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php...

Oxygen oasis at bottom of Antarctic lake resembles ancient Earth
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Oxygen oasis at bottom of Antarctic lake resembles ancient Earth, Sept. 1, 2015, By Brooks Hays, UPI.com, The oasis of oxygen at the bottom of Lake Fryxell may offer clues as to what Earth was l READ MORE
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/09/01/Oxygen-oasis-at-bottom-of-A...

Green Slime in Antarctica Offers Window into the Past
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Green Slime in Antarctica Offers Window into the Past, September 2, 1025, By DNews, A thin layer of bright green slime at the bottom of an Antarctic lake is giving scientists a glimpse at life on READ MORE
https://www.seeker.com/green-slime-in-antarctica-offers-window-into-th...

Yet another Antarctic ice mass is becoming destabilized, scientists report
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Yet another Antarctic ice mass is becoming destabilized, scientists report, May 23, 2015, By Chris Mooney, The Washington Times, "The troubling news continues this week for the Antarctic peninsu READ MORE
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/05/22/ye...

Antarctica's Swirling Currents Revealed in Stunning Image
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Antarctica's Swirling Currents Revealed in Stunning Image, May 13, 2015, By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Live Science, A new image reveals in amazing detail the turbulent rush of swirling eddies READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/50831-incredible-antarctica-currents-image....

10,000 Year-Old Polar Ice Melt Will Raise Sea Levels | Video
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10,000 Year-Old Polar Ice Melt Will Raise Sea Levels, May 21, 2015, Live Science, By the end of the decade, Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf will disintegrate. That "conclusion is inescapable" a READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/50922-10-000-year-old-polar-ice-melt-will-r...

Sudden and Rapid Ice Loss Discovered in Antarctica
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Sudden and Rapid Ice Loss Discovered in Antarctica, May 21, 2015, By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Live Science, Article with video. Massive glaciers in the southern Antarctic Peninsula sudde READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/50934-melting-glaciers-new-area-antarctica....

Hidden Channels Beneath East Antarctica Could Cause Massive Melt
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Hidden Channels Beneath East Antarctica Could Cause Massive Melt, March 18, 2015, By Laura Geggel, Staff Writer, Live Science, "A glacier the size of California in East Antarctica is in danger READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/50174-east-antarctica-glacier-melt.html

Million-Year-Old Bubbles Reveal Antarctica's Oldest Climate Snapshot
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Million-Year-Old Bubbles Reveal Antarctica's Oldest Climate Snapshot, May 11, 2015, By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Live Science, Timeworn Antarctica ice suggests a strong link between carbon dio READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/50795-antartica-old-ice-climate-change.html

Gallery: An Expedition Into Iceberg Alley
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Gallery: An Expedition Into Iceberg Alley, May 13m 2011, By Wynne Parry, Live Science, A gallery of 10 photos, each with a description. READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/14145-gallery-expedition-iceberg-alley-ocea...

Antarctic Ice Shelf in Last Throes of Collapse
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Antarctic Ice Shelf in Last Throes of Collapse, May 15, 2015, By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Live Science, Antarctica's Larsen B ice shelf only has a few years left before it fully disappears. READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/50850-antarctica-larsen-ice-shelf-collapsin...

Antarctica Photographs
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Antarctica Photographs, By Tim Laman, Photojournalist, A series of 13 colorful images of Antarctica's glaciers and penguins. READ MORE
http://www.timlaman.com/#/photo-galleries/antarctica/090121-109

Shrinking of ice shelves raises sea level concerns
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Shrinking of ice shelves raises sea level concerns, March 29, 2015, By Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Evidence of rapid reduction of West Antarctica's shelf ice could have serious implicat READ MORE
http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/shrinking-of-ice-shelves-raises-sea-...

Antarctica blows hot and cold - for now
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Antarctica blows hot and cold - for now, April 19, 2015, By Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Natural variability may at the moment be affecting Antarctica's temperature more than human activ READ MORE
http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/antarctica-blows-hot-and-cold-for-no...

Scientists zero in on only solution to climate crisis
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Scientists zero in on only solution to climate crisis, April 22, 2015, By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network, Panel of international climate scientists says the world has only until 2050 to beco READ MORE
http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/scientists-zero-in-on-only-solution-...

Scientists weigh up new evidence on Antarctic ice melt
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Scientists weigh up new evidence on Antarctic ice melt, May 7, 2015, By Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Southern continent's mysteries start to unfold as satellite data is used to measure t READ MORE
http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/scientists-weigh-up-new-evidence-on-...

Drone footage from the harshest place on earth will take your breath away
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Drone footage from the harshest place on earth will take your breath away, Apr. 30, 2015, By Jessica Orwig and Christian Storm, Business Insider, Drones have given us the ride of a lifetime in READ MORE
http://www.businessinsider.com/drone-flies-over-antarctica-2015-4

Climate Change: Antarctic Ice Reveals 68,000 Years Of History, Hints At Oceans' ...
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Climate Change: Antarctic Ice Reveals 68,000 Years Of History, Hints At Oceans' Role In Temperature Change, By Philip Ross, April 30, 2015, International Business Times, Ice cores pulled from READ MORE
http://www.ibtimes.com/climate-change-antarctic-ice-reveals-68000-year...

Salty groundwater supports life in Antarctica’s extreme Dry Valleys
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Salty groundwater supports life in Antarctica’s extreme Dry Valleys, by Scott K. Johnson, Apr 30, 2015, Ars Technica, Mars-like conditions prevail in a water supply that feeds several under-ic READ MORE
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/04/30/salty-groundwater-supports-l...

Antarctica's Ruddy Blood Falls May Mean There's Hope for Life on Mars
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Antarctica's Ruddy Blood Falls May Mean There's Hope for Life on Mars, April 29, 2015, By Catherine Griffin, Science World Report, Antarctic may not be as barren as we thought, which means there READ MORE
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/24931/20150429/antarcticas-...

Chain reaction caused massive Antarctic ice shelf collapse
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Chain reaction caused massive Antarctic ice shelf collapse, By Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience, Jan 15, 2014, Mother Nature Network, "The disintegration of ice shelves could lead to more glacial READ MORE
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/chain-re...

Ice-covered valley, bigger than the Grand Canyon, found hidden under Antarctica
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Ice-covered valley, bigger than the Grand Canyon, found hidden under Antarctica, By John Platt Jan 15, 2014, Mother Nature Network "The massive trench is 2 miles deep and 186 miles long." V READ MORE
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/ice-covered-v...

Why is Antarctica's Totten Glacier shrinking faster than its neighbors?
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Why is Antarctica's Totten Glacier shrinking faster than its neighbors? December 10, 2013, By Sanden Totten, Southern California Public Radio, Figuring out what causes glaciers to shrink is im READ MORE
http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/12/10/40840/why-is-antarctica-s-totten-g...

Now that's c-c-c-cold: Antarctica sets record of -135.8 degrees!
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Now that's c-c-c-cold: Antarctica sets record of -135.8 degrees! December 9, 2013, Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press NBC News, Awesome photo, short video, and information. READ MORE
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/now-thats-c-c-c-cold-antar...

What lies beneath - evidence of life under the Antarctic ice
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What lies beneath - evidence of life under the Antarctic ice, September 19, 2013, By Dominic Hodgson, British Antarctic Survey, The Conversation That extreme lifeforms might exist in the cold an READ MORE
http://theconversation.com/what-lies-beneath-evidence-of-life-under-th...

Rapid Melting Found Under Antarctic Glacier Could Add Several Feet to Global Sea...
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Rapid Melting Found Under Antarctic Glacier Could Add Several Feet to Global Sea Levels, Denise Chow, LiveScience.com, Sep 16, 2013, The Weather Channel A two-month-long expedition to one of t READ MORE
http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/rapid-melting-found-un...

Antarctica's Lake Vostok is Test Case for Exploring Icy Jupiter Moon
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Antarctica's Lake Vostok is Test Case for Exploring Icy Jupiter Moon, by Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor, February 13, 2012, Russian scientists in Antarctica have reached a lake that's READ MORE
http://www.space.com/14552-antarctica-lake-vostok-europa-life-jupiter....

Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Highs Due to Increasing Polar Winds
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Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Highs Due to Increasing Polar Winds, September 18, 2013, By Catherine Griffin, Scienceworld Report While temperatures have increased across the planet, somethi READ MORE
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/9544/20130918/antarctic-sea...

Undersea Mountains Help Control Earth's Climate By Mixing Antarctic Waters, Says...
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Undersea Mountains Help Control Earth's Climate By Mixing Antarctic Waters, Says Study September 18,k 2013, By Treye Green, International Business Times Through a new study detailed in the jou READ MORE
http://www.ibtimes.com/undersea-mountains-help-control-earths-climate-...

30-kilometre ice crack makes PIG calve
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30-kilometre ice crack makes PIG calve, July 10, 2013, by Laurence Pope, New Scientist A massive crack has split the Pine Island glacier (PIG) in Antarctica, creating an iceberg the size of Ne READ MORE
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23847-30kilometre-ice-crack-make...

Ocean STEMulation: Whale Falls | One World One Ocean
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Ocean STEMulation: Whale Falls | One World One Ocean By Sarah Bedolfe, March 22 2013 This year, for the very first time, scientists documented a whale fall in Antarctic waters, almost a mile belo READ MORE
http://www.oneworldoneocean.com/blog/entry/ocean_stemulation_whale_fal...

Antarctic Pollution - Video
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Antarctic Pollution Canada Nature Museum Video length: 3:07 READ MORE
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Two Months Aboard an Ice Breaker Under Five Minutes - Video
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Two Months Aboard an Ice Breaker Under Five Minutes By Cassandra Brooks, Live Science Amazing Video!! Cassandra Brooks created this timelapse sequence from her time aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/29380-two-months-aboard-an-ice-breaker-in-u...

The Last Wild Ocean
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The Last Wild Ocean June 10, 2013, By GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN, Seeker.com The Last Ocean, a documentary by filmmaker Peter Young, uses stunning visuals from Antarctica to lay out its central confl READ MORE
https://www.seeker.com/the-last-wild-ocean-1767583710.html

Antarctic ice grows as climate warms
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Antarctic ice grows as climate warms April 2, 2013, By Fred Pearce, NewScientist.com Call it a tale of two poles. While sea ice in the Arctic is vanishing fast, the extent of Antarctic ice has READ MORE
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23339-antarctic-ice-grows-as-cli...

Antarctica Was Once Home To Rainforest, Say Scientists
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Antarctica Was Once Home To Rainforest, Say Scientists August 2, 2012 Huffington Post Green "Scientists drilling off the coast of Antarctica made a startling discovery recently that could hold cl READ MORE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/antarctica-was-once-a-rai_n_1...

How Ecotourism is Destroying Antarctica
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How Ecotourism is Destroying Antarctica, Written by Andy Stone, Scribol staff, "How do we handle tourism to a place whose only appeal to most of us is its lack of large-scale human contact? Doesn READ MORE
http://scribol.com/travel/how-ecotourism-is-destroying-antarctica

IceBridge Discovers Massive Crack in Ice Shelf
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IceBridge Discovers Massive Crack in Ice Shelf Uploaded by truemaskedwabbit Nov 2, 2011 YouTube.com Video length: 4:01 minutes. READ MORE
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Huge iceberg forms in Antarctica
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Huge iceberg forms in Antarctica By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News "Scientists are monitoring the birth of a monster iceberg in West Antarctica." Visit the website for photos, READ MORE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15580679

Antarctica's Spellbinding Stripy Icebergs
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Antarctica's Spellbinding Stripy Icebergs, Written by Linda, Scribol Staff, Brief article with beautiful images. READ MORE
http://scribol.com/science/antarcticas-spellbinding-stripy-icebergs

Gallery: An Expedition Into Iceberg Alley
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Gallery: An Expedition Into Iceberg Alley Credit: Debbie Nail Meyer © 2009 MBARI LiveScience.com Ten photos, with description. READ MORE
http://www.livescience.com/14145-gallery-expedition-iceberg-alley-ocea...

The New Fifth Ocean
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The New Fifth Ocean By Matt Rosenberg, ThoughtCo. Information on the fifth and newest ocean, the southern ocean, created by the International Hydrographic Organization in 2000. READ MORE
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-new-fifth-ocean-1435095

Keeping a Watchful Eye on Unstable Antarctic Ice
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Keeping a Watchful Eye on Unstable Antarctic Ice February 9, 2009 Interview Yale Environment 360, "NASA's Robert Bindschadler, a leading expert on glaciers and ice sheets, is part of an internati READ MORE
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/keeping_a_watchful_eye_on_unstable_antarc...

Antarctica's Spellbinding Stripy Icebergs
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Antarctica's Spellbinding Stripy Icebergs, Written by Linda, Scribol.com, Amazing photographs with descriptions! READ MORE
http://scribol.com/science/antarcticas-spellbinding-stripy-icebergs

Scott Polar Research Institute - Larsen Ice Shelf
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Scott Polar Research Institute - Larsen Ice Shelf University of Cambridge Check out the animations and movies depicting the thinning of the Larsen Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea that extends along READ MORE
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/larseniceshelf/

Quick Facts on Ice Shelves
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Quick Facts on Ice Shelves The National Snow and Ice Data Center University of Colorado, Denver Provides information on how ice shelves form, their importance, the Antarctic ice shelves, causes o READ MORE
https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/quickfacts/iceshelves.html

The Ross Ice Shelf
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The Ross Ice Shelf Virginia Institute of Marine Science College of William & Mary Close-up photographs of the ice shelf! READ MORE
http://web.vims.edu/bio/microbial/NBPishelf.html...

Ross Ice Shelf
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Ross Ice Shelf Wikipedia.org The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf in Antarctica. This article discusses its exploration, composition and movement. It includes a map, two photos, and an il READ MORE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ice_Shelf

Antarctica: Icebergs, glaciers, snow, ice and water YouTube
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Antarctica: Icebergs, glaciers, snow, ice and water BarbaraGresbach | January 28, 2008 Video length: 01:06. READ MORE
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Autonomous Ocean Robot to Unlock Secrets of Antarctica
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Autonomous Ocean Robot to Unlock Secrets of Antarctica by Ariel Schwartz, 10/25/10 Autonomous robots may be able to tell us just how bad the melting ice situation is in Antarctica and other har READ MORE
http://inhabitat.com/2010/10/25/autonomous-ocean-robot-to-unlock-secre...

Antarctica: The Frozen Continent
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Antarctica: The Frozen Continent Dive and Discover Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Most people know that Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth, with fewer than 1,000 people living there ( READ MORE
http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/antarctica/index.html

Antarctic Landscape
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Antarctic Landscape By Brian & Cherry Alexander Stunning photos of the landscape, people, and wildlife! Click photo to enlarge. READ MORE
http://www.arcticphoto.co.uk/gallery2/antarctic/antland/antland.htm

Antarctica I
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Antarctica Im All photos by Gerhard Hudepohl, Beautiful photographs of Antarctica's landscape and marine life; click on a photo to enlarge. There are five different pages in the Antarctica categor READ MORE
http://www.atacamaphoto.com/antarctica/antarctica-1.htm

Animation of Annual Variation in Sea Ice Extent in the Southern Hemisphere
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Animation of Annual Variation in Sea Ice Extent in the Southern Hemisphere by Lisa Gardiner Windows to the Universe This animation shows the annual variation of sea ice extent in the Southern READ MORE
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/polar/sea_ice/sea_ice_south_anim...

Movie of Yearly Changes in Sea Ice around Antarctica
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Movie of Yearly Changes in Sea Ice around Antarctica by Lisa Gardiner Windows to the Universe This movie shows how the sea ice around Antarctica and the South Pole changes from season to seaso READ MORE
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/polar/sea_ice/sea_ice_south_anim...

The Southern Ocean
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The Southern Ocean by Lisa Gardiner Windows to the Universe The Southern Ocean is a bit different. Many mapmakers do not even recognize it as an ocean. The Southern Ocean (sometimes known as t READ MORE
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/polar/southern_ocean.html&ed...

Discovering Antarctica
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Discovering Antarctica British Antarctic Society Take a journey through this site to discover Antarctica for yourself. Each section features activities, images, video clips and fact sheets, to h READ MORE
http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/index.php

Climate change melting southern Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves
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Climate change melting southern Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves Jeremy Hance mongabay.com February 23, 2010 The US Geological Survey (USGS) has found that every ice front in the southern part READ MORE
http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0223-hance_antpen.html

Photos: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctica
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Photos: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctica mongabay.com February 26, 2010 An iceberg the size of Luxembourg broke off from Antarctica after it was hit by another iceberg, reports Reuters. READ MORE
http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0226-iceberg.html

NOVA Online | Warnings from the Ice | Live and Breathe Antarctica
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NOVA Online | Warnings from the Ice | Live and Breathe Antarctica PBS.org "Welcome to the companion site for the NOVA program "Warnings from the Ice," originally broadcast on April 21, 1998. Over READ MORE
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/warnings/

Tourists bring threat of Antarctic 'lawns'
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Tourists bring threat of Antarctic 'lawns' 29th January, 2008 Ecologist Magazine "Increasing numbers of tourists and research centres in Antarctica are bringing with them seeds, spores, lichens a READ MORE
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/269332/tourists_bring_t...

The Antarctic Ecosystem
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The Antarctic Ecosystem Facts and Figures The Open Door Web Site There are six different types of seals in Antarctica. Five species of seal, including the elephant seal and the crabeater seal, d READ MORE
http://www.saburchill.com/facts/facts0003.html

Polar Ice-Caps Biome
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Polar Ice-Caps Biome The Wilderness Classroom We refer to the polar ice cap biome as the regions of the planet covered by ice most of the year. This includes large portions of the arctic and a READ MORE
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/icecaps.html

The Antarctica Biome
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The Antarctica Biome Simon Love General Classification Antarctica is a cold environment with tempratures ranging from 0 degrees to -100 degrees. Antarctica has a wide range of plants and animal READ MORE
http://dainantarcticaanimal.tripod.com/id2.html
The Antarctic ocean is one of the coldest oceans in the world. Just because it's extremely cold doesn't mean there aren't any plants or marine life; those that inhabit the Antarctic ocean have adapted to its extremely cold temperatures. Find pictures and articles on the antarctic plants and marine life.
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