An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep.
1Antarctica's Ross Sea looks set to remain unprotected for the foreseeable future.
2For some thousands of years the main supply had come from Antarctica.
3Located only 1500km north of Antarctica, volcanoes rise sharply from the sea.
4New year celebrations on an ice-locked ship in Antarctica -in pictures
5Audio New Zealand has long been considered a leading player in Antarctica.
6Satellite data clearly shows that East Antarctica is thinning in some parts.
7Then she fell asleep with the ideas of Antarctica in her mind.
8Simon Trotter is the General Manager of Operations at Antarctica New Zealand.
9October is usually when research programs ramp up their activities in Antarctica.
10Its fossil remains are now found in Africa, India and even Antarctica.
11Audio Is man-made climate change causing Antarctica to warm up and melt?
12Chief executive of Antarctica New Zealand Sarah Williamson speaks to Kim Hill.
13The estimate excludes possible acceleration of a thaw of Antarctica or Greenland.
14The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is seen in this undated NASA image.
15Stove: Five multi-fuel stoves put to the test, from Colorado to Antarctica.
16He famously called Chile a dagger pointed at the heart of Antarctica.
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