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...best laboratory of the world. The FAQs below will give you a lot of interesting facts about Antarctica for kids. Keep reading. Antarctica Facts for Kids The Antarctica facts have been presented in a FAQ format just so that it is easier for kids to digest and...
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Buzzle
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/facts-about-antarctica-for-kids.html
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George Haddad is not so concerned with how fast he runs his miles these days. He's all about putting some meaning behind them.
Clearly, it's no small thing to travel more than 6,000 miles to the end of the Earth to run a marathon. Especially when it's
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Florida Today
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100301/COLUMNISTS0603/3010309/1086/rss07
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...the clothing distribution center to be outfitted for the trip. Even though Soreghan and two graduate students would arrive in Antarctica during the summer season, the extremely cold weather proved challenging. The trip to McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, took...
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RedOrbit
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1827628/geologists_look_for_answers_in_antarctica/index.html?source=r_science
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...South Africa, so it probably lived throughout south Pangaea before the mass extinction. At the time, the land mass that is now Antarctica was located 60 degrees south of the equator, where it would have been cold, but free of permanent ice. As temperatures...
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New Scientist
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...your money to go to waste. An experienced Antarctica cruise crew will also know what you can expect during specific times of Antarctica travel. For example, you see more whales in late summer, but you will have longer days and warmer conditions in the mid-summer....
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2225577/what_is_an_antarctica_cruise.html
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...is shrinking more quickly than expected and the pace is increasing, a conference has been told. Professor Peter Barrett of Victoria University's Antarctic Research Centre summarised the latest findings at the Annual Antarctic Conference. Recent satellite pictures...
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New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10582441&ref=rss
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...Zealand scientific research, and providing sound environmental stewardship. In addition to support for scientific research, Antarctica New Zealand runs arts, media and youth programmes that increase public awareness and appreciation of Antarctica and its conservation...
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Scoop - New Zealand News
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0906/S00038.htm
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WALL — Gail Buchbinder threw a small novelty toy a bikini-clad monkey attached to a parachute into the air and watched it land hard.
"I hope my mother does better than this monkey," said Buchbinder, 56.
Buchbinder's mother, Arlene Beckman, 80, of
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Asbury Park Press
http://www.app.com/article/20090608/NEWS/906090324/1001/rss
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So Newt Gingrich now says Sonia Sotomayor is not a "racist" after all. She must be trembling with relief.
Gingrich’s backpedaling came last week in an article on HumanEvents.com. It leaves just two high-profile Republicans, former Rep. Tom Tancredo
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/1422022.html
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New Delhi, June 07: Strong icy winds have held up the cremation of meteorologist Kuldeep Wali who died of a heart attack a week ago at India's research station in Antarctica.
Wali, a professional meteorologist with India Meteorological Department
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Zee News
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=537476&sid=ENV&ssid=26
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So Newt Gingrich now says Sonia Sotomayor is not a “racist” after all. She must be trembling with relief.
Gingrich’s backpedaling came last week in an article on HumanEvents.com. It leaves just two high-profile Republicans, former Rep. Tom Tancredo
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Centre Daily Times
http://www.centredaily.com/opinion/story/1330941.html
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win women the right to vote.
SO NEWT GINGRICH now says Sonia Sotomayor is not a "racist" after all. She must be trembling with relief.
Gingrich's backpedaling came last week in an article on HumanEvents.com. It leaves just two high-profile
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Contra Costa Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/columns/ci_12528904?source=rss
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...research. It is excellent news for the city of Christchurch and reinforces the city’s position as a key gateway city to Antarctica.” Gateway Antarctica’s work focuses on increasing understanding of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and promoting effective...
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InfoNews.co.nz
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In the minds of many, the word backpacking is fused to the image of long-distance hiking carrying heavy packs over rough terrain. We sit at home in our comfy armchairs and read about Will Steger skiing across Antarctica or look at Galen Rowell's
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1764712/camping_with_your_kids.html
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...ambassador of Antarctica is the penguin, a bird that lives in colonies on the Antarctica shores and feeds from the sea. Since Antarctica has no human inhabitants, many nations have laid claim to it, including Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, Great Britain,...
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How Stuff Works
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...ambassador of Antarctica is the penguin, a bird that lives in colonies on the Antarctica shores and feeds from the sea. Since Antarctica has no human inhabitants, many nations have laid claim to it, including Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, Great Britain,...
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How Stuff Works
http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/antarctica-vacation.htm
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An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped.
Scientists say the collapse could mean the Wilkins Ice Shelf is of the brink of breaking away, and provides further evidence or rapid change in the
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Huffington Post
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/05/ice-bridge-ruptures-in-an_n_183256.html
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When I was asked to go on a set visit to the new Seth Rogen/Jody Hill film: OBSERVE AND REPORT, I enthusiastically said yes and was eagerly anticipating finding out what exotic location and set I was going off to visit. Was it going to be off to
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JoBlo.com
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=21532
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...in small-ship travel to Antarctica and the Arctic since 1996. Even the most experienced outfitters still have to contend with Antarctica’s severe weather conditions, ice-covered waters and remoteness from rescue centers. “It truly is adventure travel,” Mr....
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/travel/22pracantarctic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Several weeks ago an adventurous team of people set off for Robert Swan’s conservation e-base in Antarctica to examine the further potential for renewable energy. The picture below is of the 2041 e-base team installing a wind turbine to power the base.
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Wind Energy Planning
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A telemedicine program for researchers and scientists working in Antarctica became fully operational this week as the GW Medical Faculty Associates -- an academic, multi-specialty physician group
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PR Newswire
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More evidence that karma exists:
LOS ANGELES – A NASA mission to monitor global warming from space ended Tuesday when a satellite plunged into the ocean near Antarctica minutes after launch. An equipment malfunction was apparently to blame, officials
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Reality Hammer Blog
http://reality-hammer.livejournal.com/915851.html
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This über-pure clean air is killer on the health, especially when coupled with good living and healthy exertion. I was still exhausted from yesterday when, at 5:50am, my roommate, expedition leader and morning nemesis, Geoff Green, once AGAIN coaxed me
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CTV
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090221/SeamusnIce_090222/20090222?hub=CanadaAM
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THE Irish passengers who were stranded on that ice-stricken cruise ship in Antarctica last week are, in a way, a perfect metaphor of what's happened to the country as a whole.
One minute, we were steaming along happily on the SS Celtic Tiger, thinking
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Irish Independent
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/fat-cats-are-the-rats-on-our-fastsinking-ship-1649086.html?r=RSS
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New German Antarctica station opens
Germany unveiled its new permanent station in Antarctica today, Neumayer III, which cost around €40 million and is built on a stilt-carried platform that keeps it 'dancing' on the shifting ice beneath. The old
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Seed
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/seedmagazine-all/~3/544196317/seeds_daily_zeitgeist_2202009.php
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Three New Zealanders are among more than 100 people aboard a Bahamas-flagged cruise ship which has run aground in Antarctica.
The 73-metre long Danish-built and crewed Ocean Nova is stuck near the McClary Glacier, in sight of an Argentine research
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Radio New Zealand
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/02/18/12459e508fe2
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BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A Bahamas-flagged vessel, Ocean Nova, with 74 passengers and 30 crew members aboard, was stranded on early Tuesday morning near an Argentine base in Antarctica, the Argentine Army said.
By press time, there has
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Xinhua
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/18/content_10836734.htm
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BUENOS AIRES, February 17 (RIA Novosti) - A Bahamas-flagged cruise ship with 104 people onboard ran aground off Antarctica on Tuesday, an Argentine news channel reported.
The Ocean Nova has been stuck on a sandbank near the Antarctic base of San
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RIA Novosti
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BRUSSELS—Belgium opened a new 20 million euro ($26 million) "zero emissions" polar science station in Antarctica on Sunday, returning to the continent to study climate change 42 years after closing its first base there.
The Princess Elisabeth research
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/02/15/belgium_opens_new_antarctic_polar_research_station?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news
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Eat Penguins to help penguins - UK consumers can now save a penguin by eating a Penguin - of the chocolate variety.Biscuit maker McVitie`s has teamed up with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to launch an initiative that could help save Antarctic
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BusinessPortal24
http://www.businessportal24.com/en/Eat_Penguins_355061.html
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Feb 4 (Reuters) - Australia is blessed with abundant sunshine, strong winds and unceasing waves in the south from stormy weather whipped up near Antarctica.
The government is looking to tap these resources and others to generate 20 percent of the
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP405193.htm
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...is feeling the heat. And that’s not good news for penguins. Scientists studying climate change knew some coastal areas of Antarctica were warming. But data from weather stations inland — at the South Pole and Lake Vostok — indicated these sites were actually...
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ScienceNews.org
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/40427/title/FOR_KIDS_Antarctica_warms%2C_which_threatens_penguins
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2,200+ miles on board the ship and 13,000+ miles on planes and we’re finally back from Antarctica. I shot a little over 12K captures for just under 250 gigs of images. I set a new personal record of 70 gigs in one 24 hour period (which is pretty easy
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Photoshop News
http://photoshopnews.com/2009/01/29/im-baaaack/
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I thought consumer digital cameras had enough temperature operational margin to handle most situations this side of being stationed in Antarctica. Apparently, I was wrong, because I keep hearing reports on problems at low temperatures.
Case in point: A
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Gizmodo
http://i.gizmodo.com/5141218/is-your-digital-camera-literally-freezing
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- New Mexico State University researchers have launched a NASA balloon from the McMurdo Station in Antarctica for a record-setting flight.
The university said the balloon is the largest successful single cell super pressure balloon
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KOAT
http://www.koat.com/news/18550184/detail.html
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...continent over the last two decades, Antarctica has been getting “steadily warmer”. The finding is a particular worry for West Antarctica where there are fears a “tipping point” may been reached which condemns much of the ice sheet to turn to water. Sea rises...
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Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5566353.ece
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...study has major ramifications for sea level rise, said Andrew Weaver at the University of Victoria in Canada. Most major sea level rise projections for the future counted on a cooling -- not warming -- Antarctica. This will make the rise worse, he said....
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/396973_antarctica22.html?source=rss
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...from satellites and weather stations authors led by Eric Steig of the University of Washington (UW) found that "warming in West Antarctica exceeded one-tenth of a degree Celsius per decade for the last 50 years and more than offset the cooling in East Antarctica",...
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Mongabay.com
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0122-antarctica.html
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...the only place that had oddly seemed immune from climate change, is warming after all, according to a new study. For years, Antarctica was an enigma to scientists who track the effects of global warming. Temperatures on much of the continent at the bottom...
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Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health__Science/Earth/Antarctica_joins_rest_of_globe_in_warming/rssarticleshow/4015245.cms
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...to repair the ozone layer eventually will begin taking effect and the hole could be eliminated by the middle of this century. If that happens, all of Antarctica could begin warming on a par with the rest of the world." Email or share this story: ...
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Science Daily
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/rk8OYg1N2IM/090121144049.htm
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...a cooling trend. That ran counter to the forecasts of computer climate models, and global warming skeptics have pointed to Antarctica in questioning the reliability of the models. In the new study, scientists took into account satellite measurements to interpolate...
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/science/earth/22climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Scotia Sea - A three month study began last Wednesday as a geoengineering expedition set sail for the waters off Antarctica. Despite UN objections, the Indian-German expedition is seeking to validate one theory on CO2 sequestering. Can iron injected
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Tom's Hardware Guide
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On the final run in to the Horn, the ice gate is behind me and there are 1500 miles to go till the Atlantic. It feels like I am getting close now after the long tour around Antarctica, but it’s not going to be quite so easy.
Last night I was getting
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BYM News
http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=48964
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Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): National Geographic News has outlined its ten most read stories on animal finds of 2008.
10. Wildlife park official arrested in Gorilla killings:
In March, Congolese authorities arrested a senior park official in connection
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OneIndia
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A vampire moth, a gremlin-like primate, and an "alien" squid were among the discoveries that haunted the animal kingdom in the most read stories about creatures covered by National Geographic News in 2008.
9. Colossal Squid Thawing; Hints at Even
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National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081224-top-ten-animals.html?source=rss
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Are rumors of layoffs circulating at work? Worried that the ax is about to fall on you? Did you dodge a bullet in the first round -- but fear there are more rounds coming?
Take a deep breath. You're far from alone. And really, being laid off isn't so
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Motley Fool
http://feeds.fool.com/~r/usmf/foolwatch/~3/qvgub5jyzR4/prepare-to-be-laid-off.aspx
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AN undersea earthquake recorded near Antarctica poses no tsunami threat to Australia, the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JTWC) said.
The JTWC said the 6.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 5.39am (AEDT) today.
"There is no tsunami threat to
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Herald Sun
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24772886-5005961,00.html?from=public_rss
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SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The Ushuaia, an 84-passenger expedition ship that caters to adventurers, ran aground in Antarctica, authorities said Friday.
There were no injuries reported and passengers were to be moved to the Chilean Naval vessel
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United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/05/Cruise_ship_runs_aground_in_Antarctica/UPI-38251228505494/
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When Wentz found out Simpson was pregnant, he was in Chile with Fall Out Boy, preparing to play a show in nearby Antarctica. "I was like, 'Oh my God, this might be the worst possible time to have this conversation,'" he says. Perhaps to make sure the
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The Superficial
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December 2, 2008—Scientists have discovered that islands near Antarctica's main peninsula hold more species than even the Galápagos Islands, the experts claim.
© 2008 National Geographic; Video Courtesy British Antarctic Survey
Get the top photos and
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National Geographic
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