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Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife, 09 五月 2025

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ArticleINTRODUCTION

Ant­arc­tica is the cold­est, win­di­est, driest place on earth. Two thirds of all our planet’s fresh water is locked up there in the form of ice in a con­tin­ent twice the size of Aus­tralia. It is the world’s highest con­tin­ent, with more than half...

INTRODUCTION

ArticleTHE ANTARCTIC CONVERGENCE

The Ant­arc­tic Con­ver­gence is the cir­cum­polar region, con­veni­ently drawn as a line undu­lat­ing between 50˚ and 60˚S, and well defined by ther­mo­meter read­ings. It is some­times marked by a loc­al­ised belt of fog or mist, where the warm, more...

THE ANTARCTIC CONVERGENCE

ArticleDISCOVERY AND EXPLOITATION:

The earli­est writ­ten ref­er­ence to any pen­guin was in the account of Vasco da Gama’s voy­age to India in 1499, in the Angrade Sao Bras. In his log he wrote of birds ‘as large as ganders and with a cry resem­bling the bray­ing of asses, which could...

DISCOVERY AND EXPLOITATION:

ArticleDISCOVERY AND EXPLOITATION:

The earli­est writ­ten ref­er­ence to any pen­guin was in the account of Vasco da Gama’s voy­age to India in 1499, in the Angrade Sao Bras. In his log he wrote of birds ‘as large as ganders and with a cry resem­bling the bray­ing of asses, which could...

DISCOVERY AND EXPLOITATION:

ArticleTERRESTRIAL PLANTS AND INSECTS

The greater part of the Ant­arc­tic con­tin­ent is per­man­ently covered by snow and ice. Less than 1% offers a bare sur­face suit­able for col­on­isa­tion by plants. That small pro­por­tion is mainly around the very edge, on the islands and main­land...

TERRESTRIAL PLANTS AND INSECTS