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Nobody owns Antarctica.


Although a few nations, including Australia, Argentina, and the United Kingdom, have tried to lay claim to it over the years, it remains free of government and ownership. In 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was drafted, designating the land as "a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science." 48 nations have signed the treaty.

magabounce:
@ explorers I thought polar beers and even fishes on some cases could be found in Antarctica??

Few species of icefish, penguins but no polar bears. You can see polar bear at the North

Antartica and the US in size.(nasa)

If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 meters (200 - 210ft) everywhere. And that's a disaster.

CassieV:
Why's that?

The requirement dates from the 1950s, when an Australian Antarctic doctor developed appendicitis on an expedition on the antarctic and required a very challenging evacuation back to Australia(nearest civilization), he was forced to remove his own appendix as he was the only doctor on the team. Most times they have only one or no doctor in Antarctica stations. But i dont know much about the teeth.

The largest iceberg ever measured is bigger than Jamaica: 11,000 sq km (4,200 sq mi). It broke away from Antarctica in 2000.

The average thickness of ice in Antarctica is about 1 mile (1.6 km).

Antarctica was once as warm as modern-day California.


Antarctica was not always a cold, windy, desert. If you were to travel back 50 million years ago, you would find green forests, more diverse land animals, and many more birds. Fossils have been recovered in Antarctica to prove that this continent was once very lush with animal and plant life.

The ice sheet of Antarctica has been in existence for at least 40 million years.

You cannot work in Antarctica unless you have had your wisdom teeth and appendix removed.



The requirement dates from the 1950s, when an Australian Antarctic doctor developed appendicitis on an expedition on the antarctic and required a very challenging evacuation back to Australia(nearest civilization), he became stranded and he was forced to remove his own appendix as he was the only doctor on the team. Most times they have only one or no doctor in Antarctica stations, giving no room for surgeries/extractions.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica is 58.2°F (14.5°C).

Most of Antarctica is covered in ice: less than 1% is permanently ice-free.

90% of the world’s fresh water is in Antarctica.

Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles and insects.

Its a desert: Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.

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. At 14,000,000 square kilometres (5,400,000 square miles), it is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1.9 km (1.2 mi; 6,200 ft) in thickness, which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Wiki
http://matadornetwork.com/life/28-things-not-know-antartica/
http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=29708

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Malia Obama Gives Thumbs Up To Sasha As She Fangirls Over Ryan Reynolds.

Teachers and students stood in silence during the first anatomy class, observing a special ceremony to pay respects to the body donors.

99 million year old lizard trapped in amber.

An $8 million Monet painting after a man punched it.


This happened in 2012 in the National Gallery of Ireland. It took two years to repair. The guy who did it (Andrew Shannon) claimed that he accidentally hit it when he fell. Security cameras showed otherwise. He was sentenced to six years.



The painting is Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat (1874).

SPDAZZY:
Nice one explorers.

Tnx.

Gregory Thielker.



http://www.boredpanda.com/hyper-realistic-art/

Jack Ede, an 18-year-old.

Olumide Oresegun vs Alyssa Monks, which one looks more real?

Olumide.

Olumide(Nude).

Robin Eley.



http://www.amazingplacestovisits.com/12-unbelievable-paintings-pictures/

Omar Ortiz.

Teresa Elliott: Children in mud.

Olumide Oresegun: Children in river.

Pedro campos.


http://twistedsifter.com/2012/04/15-hyperrealistic-paintings-that-look-like-photos-campos/