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Where Is the Loneliest Place on Earth?
The continent of Antarctica contains about 10 percent of all the land on earth.
Yet Antarctica is the most remote, hard-to-get-to place on our planet. Its possible to visit every continent except Antarctica without ever crossing more than about 100 miles of sea. But Antarctica is everywhere at least 600 miles from the nearest continent!
Antarctica is [...]
Where Is the Largest Glacier on Earth?
A glacier is a large mass of ice and snow that forms where snow falls at a greater rate than it melts.
Glaciers usually move slowly down the slopes of mountains or through valleys. They break up into icebergs when they reach the sea.
It shouldn’t be surprising that the largest glacier on earth is found in [...]
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Leave a commentWhich Insect Lives in Antarctica?
Whales weighing as much as 100 tons live in the waters near Antarctica, and some seals spend part of the year on that continent.
Penguins and some other birds also spend part of the year in Antarctica or the waters nearby. But the only creature that lives on the continent of Antarctica year-round is an insect.
These [...]
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2 CommentsWhich Bird Flies the Longest For Its Migration?
The Arctic tern might just as well be called the “Antarctic” tern.
As this sea bird, related to the gull, spends about three months of each year in the Antarctic region and about three months in the Arctic. It spends the rest of the year traveling from one end of the globe to the other.
After spending [...]
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Leave a commentHow Is The Penguin The Fastest Swimming Bird On Earth?
Most birds are built for life in the air, but penguins are far better equipped for life in the water.
These flightless birds use their wings as paddles when they’re swimming, enabling them to “fly” through the water. And they can “fly” indeed, some penguins travel more than 22 miles an hour when swimming underwater, making [...]
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2 CommentsDid The Aurora Islands Named After A Spanish Ship Ever Exist?
Islands have been known to appear and disappear due to volcanic eruptions.
The Aurora Islands, which were supposed to lie in the South Atlantic within about 1,000 miles of the continent of Antarctica, appeared and disappeared a number of times over the course of several decades. But their disappearing act wasn’t due to volcanoes, the Aurora [...]
Where Is Mount Erebus And Why Is The Volcano Surrounded by Ice?
When you think of a volcano, you think of bubbling lava, steam, smoke, and heat.
But there’s a large volcano in the last place you would expect to find heat, Antarctica, the coldest continent!
Mount Erebus is the earth’s most southerly volcano. It’s located less than 900 miles from the South Pole. It’s not really on the [...]
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Leave a commentWhich Is the Greatest Ocean Current In The World?
An ocean current is a stream of water moving through a larger body of water. Just as a river is a stream of water moving through land, an ocean current is a “river” of water moving through the ocean.
One of the major ocean currents is the Gulf Stream, which flows out of the Gulf of [...]
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Leave a commentWhere Is the Lowest Place on Earth?
There are a number of places on earth where the land is below sea level.
In Death Valley, California, and around the Dead Sea in Israel, for instance. But none of these depressions, or low-lying places, can compare to a huge depression in Antarctica that is covered with thick ice.
Scientists have found that at a certain [...]
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Where Is the Windiest Place In The World?