ABOUT ANTARCTICA

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, containing the geographic South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.

It is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America.
Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages at least 1 mile (1.6 km) in thickness, which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents

WILDLIFE OF ANTARCTICA
The wildlife of Antarctica are extremophiles, having to adapt to the dryness, low temperatures, and high exposure common in Antarctica.

The extreme weather of the interior contrasts to the relatively mild conditions on the Antarctic Peninsula and the subantarctic islands, which have warmer temperatures and more liquid water.
Much of the ocean around the mainland is covered by sea ice. The oceans themselves are a more stable environment for life, both in the water column and on the seabed. Eight species of penguins inhabit Antartica and its offshore islands.

ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS
Jameson Adams Stian Aker Roald Amundsen Salomon August Andre Piotr Fyodorovich Anjou Jose Auclair Jacques Cartier Semion Chelyuskin Apsley Cherry-Garrard George Comer Frederick A. Cook James Cook Henry Cookson Tom Crean Francis Crozier Edgeworth David Jason De Carteret Edwin de Haven George J. Dufek Jules Dumont d'Urville Lincoln Ellsworth Edward Evans Edgar Evans Sir Ranulph Fiennes John Franklin Peter Freuchen Martin Frobisher Tobias Furneaux Adrien de Gerlache Adolphus Greely Pen Hadow Charles Francis Hall Helmer Hanssen Bernhard Hantzsch Sverre Hassel Adrian Hayes Isaac Israel Hayes Samuel Hearne Matthew A. Henson Wally Herbert Alex Hibbert Edmund Hillary John Hornby Henry Hudson Edward Israel Antony Jinman Erling Kagge Elisha Kent Kane Sydney L. Kirkby Gerald Ketchum Paul Landry Khariton Laptev Christian Leden Ernest de Koven Leffingwell Alistair Mackay Alexander MacKenzie Cecil Madigan Rune Malterud Donal T. Manahan Albert Hastings Markham Eric Marshall Douglas Mawson James May Francis Leopold McClintock

Ann Bancroft
Willem Barents Michael Barne Robert Bartlett Fabian von Bellingshausen Olav Bjaaland Carsten Borchgrevink Jon Bowermaster Louise Boyd Edward Bransfield William Speirs Bruce Daniel Byles Richard Evelyn Byrd Todd Carmichael Umberto Cagni

Antarctica is often thought of as a pristine land untouched by human disturbance. Unfortunately this is no longer the case. For a little more than 100 years people have been travelling to Antarctica and in that short time most parts have been visited and we have left more than just footprints. Human impacts include: harvesting some Antarctic species to the verge of extinction for economic benefit, killing and disturbing other species, contaminating the soils, and discharging sewage to the sea and leaving rubbish, cairns and tracks in even the most remote parts

 Summer jobs are generally offered for periods between early October and March April of the following year Winter jobs can commence as early as July and run through until November December of the following year

Shorter winter opportunities may arise, between January and November December in the same year

ANTARCTIC RESOURCES
Classroom Antarctica is a comprehensive online teaching resource particularly aimed at grades five to eight. It contains information, activities and links to hundreds of other Antarctic resources. About Antarctica has information about everything from animals to weather, and answers to the most frequently asked questions. Ice sheets, sea ice & sea level rise: the facts gives a great overview of these issues, with downloadable fact sheets.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/education-resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_Antarctica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_polar_explorers http://www.antarctica.gov.au/environment/human-impacts-in-antarctica

http://www.antarctica.gov.au/jobs/jobs-in-antarctica
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/education-resources