Location:
All land and ice located south of 60 ° S latitude comprise the Antarctic continent and has an area of 13.5 million square kilometers, approximately.
The Chilean Antarctic Territory is located at the coordinates 53 ° W and 90 ° W, limiting and adjoining the Argentine and British Antarctic Territory claim. The territory claimed by Chile covers an area of 1,250,000 km .; covering the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands, the Alexander I Island, the Charcot Island, and part of the Ellsworth Land.
Climate:
The weather in Antarctica is of the Polar kind, which is characterized by temperatures below 0 ° C;. The Antarctic region holds the World record of -89.5 ° C, recorded at the surface of the Earth, the temperatures are even lower than in the North Pole. This is mainly due to the deviation of the reaching sunlight and the ability of snow to reflect them. Generally it does not present rainfall, the air is very humid and the wind is pretty intense, reason why human settlements are scarce in the Antarctica, mostly there are military bases guarding the territorial requirements of their country. It is noteworthy that water is only liquid in places where temperatures exceed 0 ° C.
Flora and Fauna:
In Antarctica you can find extremely simple plant organisms such as algae, living with other more complex ones, such as hepatics, mushrooms, lichens and mosses. It is also possible to see grass and even a small vascular plant flowers, called Antarctic pearlwort. Only adaptation has allowed these plants to survive in such adverse weather. On its part the fauna in the Antarctic is of the endemic type, meaning that his life could only pass by in one place, in the case of certain species of whales, seals, penguins and sea lions, this place is the Antarctica.
Attractions:
€ One of the highlights of the Antarctica is born from the mystery that surrounds the white continent, painfully explored by humans. The purity of vast expanses of uncharted territory fires the imagination of men and women throughout history.
€ Scientific research, product of surveys conducted in the Antarctica, detected the presence of methane, ethane and ethylene gas in the Ross Sea area, a claim that does not confirm the existence of these gases as a natural source. On the other hand the existence of coal of low calorific potential in the Trans Antarctic Mountains (85 ° S, 175 ° W) and Prince Charles (72 ° S, 67 ° W) was confirmed. The natural attributes of the Antarctica are protected under the Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty.
€ The city of Ushuaia is the tourist capital closest to the Antarctica. Located on the shores of the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia is the starting point for boats that make expeditions to the Antarctica
All land and ice located south of 60 ° S latitude comprise the Antarctic continent and has an area of 13.5 million square kilometers, approximately.
The Chilean Antarctic Territory is located at the coordinates 53 ° W and 90 ° W, limiting and adjoining the Argentine and British Antarctic Territory claim. The territory claimed by Chile covers an area of 1,250,000 km .; covering the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands, the Alexander I Island, the Charcot Island, and part of the Ellsworth Land.
Climate:
The weather in Antarctica is of the Polar kind, which is characterized by temperatures below 0 ° C;. The Antarctic region holds the World record of -89.5 ° C, recorded at the surface of the Earth, the temperatures are even lower than in the North Pole. This is mainly due to the deviation of the reaching sunlight and the ability of snow to reflect them. Generally it does not present rainfall, the air is very humid and the wind is pretty intense, reason why human settlements are scarce in the Antarctica, mostly there are military bases guarding the territorial requirements of their country. It is noteworthy that water is only liquid in places where temperatures exceed 0 ° C.
Flora and Fauna:
In Antarctica you can find extremely simple plant organisms such as algae, living with other more complex ones, such as hepatics, mushrooms, lichens and mosses. It is also possible to see grass and even a small vascular plant flowers, called Antarctic pearlwort. Only adaptation has allowed these plants to survive in such adverse weather. On its part the fauna in the Antarctic is of the endemic type, meaning that his life could only pass by in one place, in the case of certain species of whales, seals, penguins and sea lions, this place is the Antarctica.
Attractions:
€ One of the highlights of the Antarctica is born from the mystery that surrounds the white continent, painfully explored by humans. The purity of vast expanses of uncharted territory fires the imagination of men and women throughout history.
€ Scientific research, product of surveys conducted in the Antarctica, detected the presence of methane, ethane and ethylene gas in the Ross Sea area, a claim that does not confirm the existence of these gases as a natural source. On the other hand the existence of coal of low calorific potential in the Trans Antarctic Mountains (85 ° S, 175 ° W) and Prince Charles (72 ° S, 67 ° W) was confirmed. The natural attributes of the Antarctica are protected under the Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty.
€ The city of Ushuaia is the tourist capital closest to the Antarctica. Located on the shores of the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia is the starting point for boats that make expeditions to the Antarctica
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