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Worksheet 1: Where in the World is Antarctica? The North and South Poles are at the top and bottom of the Earth and are both cold and covered in ice. The frozen Arctic Ocean surrounds the North Pole and the South Pole is in the middle of Antarctica. Antarctica is f-f-freezing all year round, as it is the coldest place on Earth and has an average yearly temperature of -49ºC. This is about 3 times colder than the inside your freezer. Can you imagine what that sort of coldness might feel like? Can you think of lots of words that would describe to another person just how cold Antarctica is? Because it is so cold, Antarctica is too cold for people to live there permanently. But scientists have built research stations here so they can study the weather, the rocks and the wildlife. Although no animals survive on the land because of the cold, the ocean around Antarctica is home to lots of wildlife such as penguins, seals, whales and tiny crustaceans called krill, which are similar to shrimps. Poor Anchor and Reckess! If you print their map of Antarctica, (click here to view and print the map ) can you see what their first problem is? Their map has no labels on. How are they going to find their way around Antarctica, if they don’t know where they are going? The crew of HMS Endurance will help Anchor and Reckless to label their copies of the map, but your mission is to label the map as well. If you use a globe of the world or Atlas to help you, it should be very easy. You need to find the following: South Pole Mt Erebus, the only warm spot in Antarctica, an active volcano. Vinson Massif (the highest peak in Antarctica at 4,897m) Southern Ocean (Also colour in where the ocean should be) The British Research Stations Rothera and Halley Draw compass points on your map. Which way is North, South, East and West? What do you think it would be like to live in Antarctica? As it is too cold for people to live there, everything that people need to survive there has to be brought to Antarctica by boat or plane. This includes all food, clothing, fuel and shelter. Would that make Antarctica an easy place to live (as everything is brought to you) or quite difficult (what do you do if you forget something important)? Are Anchor and Reckless going to find Antarctica very small? Put these continents in order of size from largest to smallest - which continents are bigger than Antarctica and which ones are smaller? Australia 7,682,300 sq. km Asia 43,947,000 sq. km North America 24,331,000 sq. km Europe 10,522,000 sq. km Africa 30,318,000 sq. km South America 17,831,000 sq. km Antarctica 13,209,000 sq. km Find out how big the continent in which you live is. Is it larger or smaller than Antarctica? Antarctica is a land of that is almost completely covered in ice. On average, this ice sheet is about 2.4 km thick. To give you an idea of how big that thickness looks, find out what landmarks are 2.4 km away from you? Imagine if where you lived was covered in a sheet of ice, 2.4 km thick. What could you still see?
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