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Antarctica - Pictures, Information and Travel

Sea ice forming in Antarctica from the shore - "sea smoke" can be seen in the distance - formed as temperatures plummet

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Vacation Antarctica
Antarctica is the planets most spectacular and pristine wilderness.
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"Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on earth has a worse time than an Emperor penguin"
Apsley Cherry-Garrard. From the Introduction to The Worst Journey in the World

The Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration

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News

Antarctic ice shelf ‘hangs by a thread’
British Antarctic Survey has captured dramatic satellite and video images of an Antarctic ice shelf that looks set to be the latest to break out from the Antarctic Peninsula. Mar 25th 2008

Antarctic glaciers surge to ocean
UK scientists working in Antarctica have found some of the clearest evidence yet of instabilities in the ice of part of West Antarctica. If the trend continues, they say, it could lead to a significant rise in global sea level. Feb 24 2008

''Glass Tulips,'' Huge Worms Found in Antarctica Standing in fields like poppies these tunicates are actually animals. Feb 20th 2008

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Maybe you've been to Antarctica on a cruise or to work and want to reminisce

Perhaps you haven't been but would love to travel to the Antarctic

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If you like pictures - we've got stacks of pictures of Antarctica and photographic advice

You may have homework to do so you need facts about Antarctica or its animals

Maybe you're planning an Antarctic cruise or vacation. Find out what you will see, where you'll go and what you need to take in the Antarctica travel guide

Whatever the reason for your visit we hope you enjoy our Antarctica website, the pictures and information

Clouds go scurrying by in Antarctica most days, it's the windiest and highest continent as well as the coldest

It's Antarctica or Antarctic - not Antartica or Antartic