Antarctica

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Introduction1

Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions (YouTube Channel)
Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions (Official Website)

Dictionary

Antarctica : continent around the South Pole; a plateau covered by a great ice cap and mountain peaks area about 5,500,000 square miles (14,300,000 square kilometers) — Merriam-Webster   See also   OneLook

Encyclopedia

Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi). — Wikipedia

Antarctica (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Antarctica (The World Factbook, CIA)

Antarctica (Wolfram Alpha)

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Exploration

Antarctica@Wanderlust Magic Travel Villa

Touch the door and animals to see 360° virtual experiences, and touch “i”s to learn more about them.

If you can’t see it, or it isn’t working, you can also see it directly on Kuula.

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Inspiration

Swoop Adventures (YouTube Channel)
Swoop Antarctica (Official Website)

Fly an Airplane on Skis (Discovery TRVLR, YouTube 360° Video)

360° Antarctica: Journey Through The Ice (National Geographic, YouTube 360° Video)

360° Antarctica: Unexpected Snow (National Geographic, YouTube 360° Video)

Under a Cracked Sky (The New York Times, YouTube 360° Video)

Voyage to the Antarctic with Javier Bardem (Greenpeace International, YouTube 360° Video)

Explore a 360° Panorama of Antarctica (Natural History Museum, YouTube 360° Video)

Antarctic Biennale (Air Pano, YouTube 360° Video)
Antarctica, Part I (Air Pano, YouTube 360° Video)
Antarctica, Part II (Air Pano, YouTube 360° Video)
Antarctica. Relax video (Air Pano, YouTube 360° Video)

Antarctica Gallery (Matterport 360° Gallery)

Introducing Antarctica (Lonely Planet, YouTube Video)
Travel Destinations in Antarctica (Lonely Planet, Website)

Travel in Antarctica (National Geographic)

Travel Destinations in Antarctica (BBC)

Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Antarctica (Atlas Obscura)

Talks about Antarctica (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Antarctica (Big Think)

Fun in the Sun

5 Spectacular Antarctic Bucket List Beaches (Quark Expeditions)

Best Beaches in Antarctica (Google)
Best Beaches in Antarctica (YouTube)

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Preservation

Antarctica: Human Heritage on the Continent of Peace and Science (Bryan Lintott, ICOMOS)

History

Scott of the Antarctic (Objectivity, YouTube Video)
Life in Antarctica (Objectivity, YouTube Video)

Antarctica on Objectivity (Objectivity, YouTube Playlist)

List of Antarctic Expeditions (Wikipedia)

Museum

The Shackleton Expedition (American Museum of Natural History)

Library

DDC: 919.89 Antarctica Geography and Travel (Library Thing)
Subject: Antarctica (Library Thing)

Subject: Antarctica (Open Library)

LCC: G 845 Antarctica (UPenn Online Books)
Subject: AntarcticaM (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: G 845 Antarctica (Library of Congress)
Subject: Antarctica (Library of Congress)

Subject: Antarctica (WorldCat)

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Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Community

News

The Antarctic Sun (The US Antarctic Program)
Antarctica (JSTOR)
Antarctica (NPR Archives)

Government

Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty (Official Website)

Governance of Antarctica (JSTOR)
Politics of Antarctica (Wikipedia)

US Office of Polar Programs (National Science Foundation)

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Related

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Knowledge Realm

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Polar Regions Arctic, Antarctica   See also Penguin and Seal

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See also   Travel

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Notes

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