1. Antarctica

2. Geography - Antarctica
Icy continent at the South Pole.
Covered by permafrost (permanently frozen ground)
Surrounded by water
About 1 1/2 times larger than the United States
Some consider Antarctica the world's largest desert
98% of the land is covered with ice
Has about 87% of the world's ice.

3. Climate – Antarctica
One of the coldest, windiest, and driest place on Earth.
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was at the South Pole; it reached
-128.6°F !
On average, most of Antarctica gets less than 2 inches of snow fall each year.

4. Why do you think that Antarctica is so much colder than the Arctic?

5. With 98% of its area covered with snow and ice, the Antarctic continent reflects most of the sun's light rather than absorbing it.
During the winter, the size of Antarctica doubles as the surrounding sea water freezes, effectively blocking heat transfer from the warmer surrounding ocean.
Antarctica has a higher average elevation than any other continent on Earth which results in even colder temperatures.

6. ICE
Antarctica (along with Greenland) contains about 99% of freshwater ice on Earth.
Antarctic Ice Sheet extends almost 14 million square miles (Roughly the same area of Mexico and U.S. combined)
Thickest ice is 15,000 feet thick.
That’s about 5,000 feet in a mile.
Ice Sheets are extremely important to the earths geography. If they melted then sea level could rise almost 200 feet.

7. People - Antarctica
No permanent human residents (because of the extreme weather, which includes freezing temperatures, strong winds, and blizzards).
There are about 4,000 seasonal visitors to Antarctica (mainly scientific expeditions).

8. Q: What did the sea say to the iceberg ?

9. A: Nothing, it just waved.

10. Q: What do penguins eat for lunch?

11. A: Ice burg-ers.

12. Q: Who's the penguin's favorite Aunt?

13. A: Aunt-arctica

14. Research Project on Penguins

15. 17 species of penguins – You get TWO
Adelie
African
Chinstrap
Emperor
Erect Crested
Fairy
Fjordland Crested
Galapagos
Gentoo
Humboldt
King
Macaroni
Magellanic
Rockhopper
Royal
Snares Island
Yellow Eyed

16. Here’s what you will learn . . .
Physical description
Diet
Habitat
Other interesting features

17. Line up … let’s pick penguins to research.