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Parent topics

• Earth science [r]: The study of the components and processes of the planet Earth. [e]
• Continent [r]: An extended part of the Earth's crust that extends above sea level. [e]

Subtopics

• Australian Antarctic Territory [r]: Part of Antarctica claimed by Australia, covering 42% of it's land mass. [e]
• McMurdo Station [r]: The largest research station in the Antarctic. [e]
• South Pole (terrestric) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• South Pole (geomagnetic) [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Arctic [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Australia [r]: Continent in the Southern Hemisphere and the federal parliamentary nation that occupies it. [e]
• Bouvet Island [r]: A glacier-clad Island between Africa and Antarctica. [e]
• Carbon capture and storage [r]: An approach to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by capturing carbon dioxide (CO₂). [e]
• Glacier [r]: Bodies of flowing ice that form when more snow accumulates each year than melts. [e]
• Henry Larsen [r]: Polar explorer and RCMP officer. [e]
• Icebreaker Nathaniel Palmer [r]: An American Research Vessel. [e]
• Penguin [r]: Large-bodied flightless birds found from their southernmost range on Antarctica to north on the Galapagos Islands at the equator. [e]
• Permafrost [r]: Soil at or below the freezing point of water (0 °C or 32 °F) for two or more years. [e]
• Research vessel Astrolabe [r]: French icebreaker engaged in research, in Antarctic waters. [e]
• North Pole (terrestric) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• North Pole (geomagnetic) [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Roald Amundsen [r]: (1872-1928) Polar explorer. [e]
• Robert Falcon Scott [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Atlantic Ocean [r]: Second largest ocean in the world; separates the Americas from Europe and Africa. [e]
• Indian Ocean [r]: Body of water bordered on the west by Africa; on the north by Asia; on the east by Indochina, some islands of Indonesia, and Australia; and on the south by the Antarctic Ocean. [e]
• Pacific Ocean [r]: the largest single mass of water in the world, lying between Asia and Australia on its west, and North America and South America on its east. [e]