HMS Endurance Visit and Learn Project

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Together we will track HMS Endurance on her 2006/2007 deployment to Antarctica....

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Topical Factfiles
Introduction
World Environment Day
A World of Slavery
Volcanoes
Falklands Conflict Remembered
Polar Clothing
Ice, Ice & More Ice
Tourism in Antarctica
Climate Change
Who Owns Antarctica ?
Endurance Obituaries
Ernest Shackleton
Polar Quest
The British Antarctic Survey
History of Antarctic Exploration
Whales & Whaling
Surveying in Antarctica
Discovery & Exploration
Southern Ocean Life
Glaciers and Glaciation
Remembrance Day
Energy and Resources
Latitude and Longitude
Ecosystems
Weather Presentations
Weather
Oceans & Water
About HMS Endurance
Introduction

If Antarctica were a country, it would be the world’s second largest after Russia. Satellite images of the continent show that ice covers 96.6% of Antarctica. This ice is up to 4775m thick, and in some places its enormous weight is pushing the land up to 2.5km below sea level.

Satellite composite map of Antarctica
Satellite composite map of Antarctica

Here is an illustrated glossary to some of the more common ice formations that can be found in Antarctica.

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