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Place Knowledge: Antarctica

Antarctic Timeline Slide the Antarctica timeline and click on the hotspots for information, pictures and video about Antarctic expeditions and events from Cook crossing the Antarctic circle in 1772 to the present day.

Antarctica's Treasure Trove of Resources Metorites, coal, fishing, ice and microscopic life are just five of the valuable resources to be found in Antarctica. Can you rank them in order of importance?

BBC Bitesize: Understanding latitude and longitude Information, video and quiz from BBC bitesize all about latitude and longitude.

Climate Change Impacts Warming of the Find out more about the Southern ocean, A-68 iceberg, A-76 iceberg, effects on iconic Antarctic species, rising sea levels and ocean acidification, effect on the krill population.

Discovering Antarctica Website written by the NGS and the British Antarctic survey (among others) all about the continent of Antarctica.

Exploring Ice Find out about the many different ways scientists have been exploring remote Pine Island Glacier.

Importance of Polar Science Polar science, In Antarctica and also in the Arctic, has many areas of research – which do you think are most important?

Key Physical Features How much do you know about Antarctica’s landscape? Take the quiz to find out!

Polar Extremes Why is one of the poles colder than the other? Study the information and work out the reasons.

Prepare To Travel South Before you can travel to Rothera Research Station in Antarctica, you have a lot of preparing to do! Find out about it here.

Race To The Pole Practice using longitude and latitude to find out about 12 key events in Antarctica’s discovery and exploration.

Science in Antarctica Find out what scientists are doing in Antarctica to aid global understanding of the Earth.

Seasonal Change Antarctica expands and contracts with the seasons – in fact it is the biggest seasonal change on earth. Can you work out just how big the change is?

Spot The Difference Antarctica has lots in common with the Arctic, but also many differences. In this quiz, can you tell which facts belong to which poles.

The Antarctic Treaty Get the big picture on the Antarctic Treaty with this interactive quiz.

The World Upside Down Familiarise yourself with the globe as viewed from “underneath”!

Travel South It’s a long journey from the UK to Rothera Research Station in Antarctica. Take the trip and find out about some of the stops along the way.

What Not To Wear Modern technology has made clothing developed for the extreme cold very effective. Can you dress the scientist, ready for some Antarctic science, and put the clothes on in the right order.

Who's Eating Who? See if you can complete the Antarctic Food web diagram, and find out about some of the animals in Antarctica and how they fit into the food chain.

Who's Looking At You? You have to be tough to survive in Antarctica. Here we take a look at some of the animals and how they adapt and act in order to survive.

Wilderness Challenge What do you know about Antarctica already? Answer the questions in this quiz.

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