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Energy and Resources
A resource is something that people use to survive, generate wealth or enjoy, and one of the world’s most important resources is energy. Energy is anything that can be used to provide power and we use energy to power homes, transport and industry.
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Climate Change
There are still lots of uncertainties and arguments about the role humans play in causing climate change, but we can still do something about it, as climate change is a global problem requiring a global solution.
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The Ozone Hole
Since the Earth acquired its atmosphere some four billion years ago, its climate has gone through lots of changes. Approximately 18,000 years ago, during the height of the last Ice Age, the world’s weather was so cold that the polar ice sheets grew to cover a third of the Earth in ice.
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The Antarctic Treaty
No country, person, or group owns Antarctica. Under an agreement known as the Antarctic Treaty, the continent is seen as a world scientific resource. The treaty states that `Antarctica shall be used for peaceful measures only…in the interests of all humanity’.
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Krill
Krill is a shrimp-like crustacean, which prefers cold water and is not found north of the Antarctic Polar Front. Krill are distributed all round Antarctica carried by the circumpolar current which goes west to east all around the continent.
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Seals
Although there are 35 species of seals, only six types live in Antarctica: Antarctic Fur seal, Crabeater seal, Leopard seal, Ross seal, Weddell seal and Southern Elephant seal. However, these six species make up the majority of the world's seal population.
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Penguins
If you were brave enough to enter the sea around Antarctica, you would come across huge numbers of penguins transformed from the upright comic waddlers that you encounter on land into amazingly skilful high-speed swimmers.
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Whales and Whaling
Whales are large, magnificent mammals, totally adapted to a life at sea. Members of the same marine order as dolphins and porpoises, they are the only mammals, other than manatees (seacows), that live their entire lives in the water, and the only mammals that have adapted to life in the open oceans.
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Albatrosses
Albatrosses are large, magnificent seabirds that primarily live in the southern hemisphere and spend much of their time at sea, only coming on land to breed.
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Antarctic Ice Sheet
Scientists believe that the Antarctic ice sheet has existed continuously for at least 3 million years. However, there is evidence to suggest that local changes are happening, including a reduction in the amount of sea ice in the region and the sudden breaking up of ice shelves.
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Sea Ice
The Antarctic ice sheet covers more than 99% of the continent, is up to 4700 metres thick and is the largest single mass of ice on Earth as it covers an area of almost 14 million km² and contains 30 million km³ of ice.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is one of the world’s last great natural wildernesses. It is a continent almost entirely buried by snow and ice, so remote and hostile that it has no permanent inhabitants and still receives relatively few visitors.
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The Solar System
Space is growing around us. Many billions of cubic kilometres of new space appear between the galaxies every day, sweeping our galaxy apart from its neighbours and creating the cold void we see as the dark of the night sky.
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The Seasons
Each season brings with it definite changes in weather, temperatures, and length of daylight. But have you ever wondered why this happens?
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Latitude and Longitude
A system based on Degrees used in navigation of the globe. Latitude and longitude are a coordinate system used to locate points on the Earth’s surface.
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A is for Antarctica
Here we present an Antarctic A – Z to squeeze into one big factfile lots of really cool information, facts and stories about Antarctica that we couldn’t fit in anywhere else on the website.
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Remembrance Day
This year, as every year, The Royal British Legion will ask that you wear a poppy to show that you remember and care for the people who have served their country through the British Armed Forces
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Endurance Obituaries
The following pages are dedicated to the members of the 1914/1916 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Considered by many to be the most epic journey of polar survival ever made.
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Ernest Shackleton
HMS ENDURANCE’S motto is ‘Fortitudine Vincimus’ - 'By Endurance We Conquer'. This motto originates from that of the great Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton who made history in his ship, Endurance during his Imperial Trans-Antartic Expedition in 1914-15.
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Sea at Work
Here we present an awareness of the importance of the oceans to our environment as we often take water for granted, despite it being one of Earth’s most important features.
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HMS Endurance
HMS Enduranceis the sole Ice Patrol Vessel of the Royal Navy. She spends over half of each year in the freezing conditions of Antarctica and the South Atlantic for unique surveying and scientific work.
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