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Antarctica. Information The Antarctic continent wasn't even actually seen until 1820. No man set foot in Antarctica until 1895. The first human landing.

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1 Antarctica

2 Information The Antarctic continent wasn't even actually seen until 1820. No man set foot in Antarctica until 1895. The first human landing there is claimed by Henryk Bull, with a party from a whaling ship. They landed at Cape Adare. It was 1935 before the first woman set foot there. Her name was Catherine Mikkelson, and she was the wife of a Norwegian whaling captain. The South Pole was first reached by a Norwegian named Roald Amundsen in 1911, and shortly after by British explorer Robert Scott.

3 Main Attractions There aren’t many places where you can sit at arm’s length from a penguin, see some of the largest ice burgs in the world, and freeze your bum off at the same time.

4 Things to do Go ice fishing Hang out down with the penguins. Go to the highest iceberg you can see. Sledding Snowball fight Just have a blast.

5 Weather The weather is super simple The weather is extremely cold. Its most of the time below 0. Snowing. Simply just cold

6 Transportation From Michigan to Antarctica u couldn’t walk, ride a bike, car, or even run. You would have to fly there.

7 Restaurants McMurdo cafeteria Faraday Bar Ship cuisine Seven Seas

8 Hotels Holland America Line Veendam McMurdo Dormitories Camping in Antarctica 2 Quark Expeditions

9 Special events The Earth's southernmost point, Antarctica is the driest and coldest of the seven continents. For a place that's 98 per cent covered in one-mile-deep ice, it's hard to imagine why anyone would want to visit at all. But there's an eerie, stark beauty about Antarctica that is incomparable to anywhere else on the planet. Sprinkle in some penguin sightings and you've got one of the most unique settings in the world. While Antarctica has no permanent residents, there are often up to 5,000 researchers working there at a time. We recommend visiting by Cruise via Ushuaia, Argentina.

10 Things to do pt 2 Go on tours Snowboarding Snowmobiling Visit things like the animals

11 Temp at a normal day. °C - 2.9 - 9.5 - 18.2 - 20.7 - 21.7 - 23 - 25.7

12 Link to A good Website about Antarctica http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/


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