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Home » Regional » Polar_Regions » Antarctic Antarctica
Antarctica is the Earth's fifth largest and highest (on average) continent, which doubles in size during winter. It is also the coldest, windiest, and driest continent with some areas receiving no rain for up to a hundred years. During summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface of Antarctica than is received at the Equator over an equivalent period. Antarctica contains many volcanoes, some of them still active, and the world's largest glacier system reaching 300 km into the interior and up to 80 km wide at its mouth. The continent is the only ice and land mass within the Antarctic Circle and is governed internationally by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961. It is uninhabited except for scientific bases and large flocks of sea birds including penguins. This category contains Internet sites that are about or located on Antarctica.
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| Computerworld Antarctica - Company looking at computing in cold climates. Site includes Antarctic facts and figures and a description of the company's activities and products.
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| | Glacier - General introduction to glaciers, the Antarctic, and related topics in weather, climate, oceans, and geology, from Rice University (Texas).
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| | Antarctica - The Antarctic Connection. - Antarctica maps, books, gifts, posters, and more also a source for news, weather and information from the frozen continent.
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| | Ukrainian Antarctic Station EM1U - Ukrainian Club Amateur Radio station from Vernadsky Research Station on Galindez island EM1U, Antarctica. Synopsis of the current scientific team and area photos.
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| | CIA World Factbook - Antarctica - Statistical information for the area.
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| | Antarctica 2000 - Includes journals, sound clips, and photographs as well as other recordings of nature.
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| | diva's Antarctica Journal - Photo Journal of diva and her husband camping overnight in antarctica. Pictures of Lemuire Channel, penguins. ask and get tips in the forum.
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| | Gateway Antarctica - Pictures, guides, and historical society newsletter, from ICAIR at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
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