It's a barren land (Image credit: Jeff Scanniello, National Science Foundation) There are no trees or shrubs on Antarctica, and only two species of flowering plants (found on some of Antarctica's surrounding islands and on the Antarctic Peninsula), according to the British Antarctic Survey. ...
高山阻碍(subdue)了风的前进;墨西哥湾流和部分日本洋流使这里的极地寒冷空气(the frigid airs of this polar region)有所缓和(temper);再加上北冰洋又处在大块陆地的中央(in the center of the great land mass),这一切使得这块区域与地球另一端相比,在构架(conformation)和气候方面存在显著的不同。 8. Antarct...
Yet many people,thinking of the distant continent only as a bleak,rocky,cold and inhospitable land mass,may wonder: Why all the fuss? Why protect something so unpromising? The answer lies in a number of factors,not the least of which is isolation itself. Antarctica is a very large area of...
Antarctica is the only continent where there has never been war. No military activity is allowed there and scientific research is a priority. Defined as all of the land and ice shelves south of latitude 60 degrees south, the 5.5m square miles (14.2m square km) of the world's coldest, dr...
Yes, the origins of the wordpenguinpossibly lie in Welsh, being a compound ofpen,meaning ‘head, headland’ andgwyn, ‘white’. Probably the bird so denoted was first the great auk and only later a penguin. The ‘white head’ might refer to the bird, or it might refer to a white he...
were not being adequately served. Making the best of her charm, constant caring, and problem-solving attitude, she becamethe first independent travel agent for last-minute Antarctic bookings. She even earned herself a coveted spot in theLonely Planet Travel Guide for Antarctica as the only recomme...
Only two types of flowering plants are found, while there are no trees on the large continent. The rest of the plants are made up of mosses, algae and lichen. Some forms of algae have adapted to grow on ice.(然而,南极洲到处都是野生动物,它们已经适应了这里的极端环境。有不同种类的企鹅、...
Snow melts here not only near outcroppings of native rock but also on the ice sheet. Because of its proximity to the ocean and the relatively high atmospheric temperatures, practically all of the continent’s organic life is concentrated in the lower belt. The middle belt (up to an altitude...
Not only do tourists return to Antarctica, but wildlife also migrates back to the continent. various types of seals, including fur seals and leopard seals begin their mating seasons. In addition, tons of seabirds, like the albatross, can be seen soaring overhead, and you’ll begin to see ...
At 14 million square km, Antarctica has a greater land mass than either Oceania and the subcontinent of Europe. Moreover, it is the fifth-largest continent and is almost 1.5 times the size of the United States. Its coastline covers approximately 18,000 km. About 98% of the continent...