Erebus Mont (77°32’S – 167°10E)
The mount Erebus is a volcano located on the Ross Island, in the Ross Sea, making it the active volcano ...
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Ice Coring
Technic that is used to withdraw ice coresin the ice sheet in order to analyse its composition.
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Ice shelf
The glaciers covering the continent (inlandsis) covers 98% of the Antarctica. Those ice stripes extends ...
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Inlandsis
The Antarctica inland is is the name given to the polar cap that covers the major part of the Antarctica ...
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Krill
Small crustacean of 3 or 4 cm long that looks like a shrimp. Gathered in swarm that can covers several ...
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Magnetic Pole
Point where the magnetic inclinaison is rigourously equal to 90°. This point is located on the Ice cap ...
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Ozone
In 1975, British scientists discover the hole in the ozone layer above the station of Faraday, then at ...
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Pingouin
From the order of Sphénisciformes, family spheniscides, the penguin has a great ability to adapt to the ...
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Polar Circle
The polar circle is determined by the angle of the rotation axis of earth on the plane of its orbit around ...
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Vinson (78°31’S-85°32W)
The mont Vinson is the apex of the Antarctica with a 4897m altitude. It is located on the East side of ...
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Antarctica
It’s a 14 million sqm continent of which 98% is covered by a thick ice cap and surrounded/bordered by ...
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Aurora australis
Le vent solaire se déplaçant à la vitesse de la lumière, rencontre le champ magnétique autour des pôles. ...
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