Antarctica Collection

Antarctica. Source: NASA/Blue Marble

Antarctica (collection)

Published: July 21, 2009, 12:00 am

Updated: September 24, 2011, 9:24 am

Topics:

Natural Sciences (main) Geology (main) Conservation Biology (main) Biogeography (main) Oceans and seas (main) Ecoregions (main) Environmental & Earth Science (main) Geography (main) Weather & Climate (main) Climate Change (main)

Map of Antarctica.

1. Overview of Antarctica (Antarctica (collection))
2. History
   • Exploration of the Antarctic
   • Chronology of Antarctic Exploration
   • Explorers: James Cook, William Smith, Edward Bransfield, Thaddeus von Bellinghausen, Nathaniel Palmer, John Davis, James Eights, George Powell, James Weddell, John Biscoe, Peter Kemp, Jules Dumont d'Urville, John Bellany, Charles Wilkes, James Clark Ross, Anton Carl Larsen, Carsten Borchgrevink, Robert Falcon Scott, Earnest Shackleton, Douglas Mawson, Roald Amundsen, Hurbert Wilkins, Richard Byrd
   • Farthest South Records
   • The South Pole by Roald Amundsen (e-book)
   • Scott's Last Expedition by Robert Falcon Scott (e-book)
   • Aerial exploration of the Antarctic
3. Southern Ocean
   • Amundsen Sea
   • Amundsen Abyssal Plain
   • Bellingshausen Sea
   • Bellingshausen Abyssal Plain
   • Ross Sea
   • Scotia Sea
   • Weddell Sea
   • Bismark Strait
   • Antarctic Bottom Water
   • Antarctic Circumpolar Current
   • Antarctic Convergence
   • Antarctic Divergence
   • Antarctic Surface Water
4. Antarctic Islands
   • Alexander Island
   • Bellany Islands
   • Kerguelen Islands
   • Peter I Island
   • South Orkney Islands
   • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
   • South Shetland Islands
5. Geography and Regions
   • Antarctic Circle
   • Geographic South Pole & South Magnetic Pole
   • Antarctic Coast
   • Antarctic Peninsula (Graham Land - Palmer Land)
   • Ellsworth Land
   • Marie Byrd Land
   • Victoria Land (McMurdo Dry Valleys)
   • Wilkes Land
   • Enderby Land
   • Queen Maud Land
   • Coats Land
   • South Pole
   • Don Juan Pond
6. Species and Theory
   • Mosses
   • Algae
   • Birds
   • Invertebrates
   • Plants
   • Alien species
7. Ecosystems
   • Antarctica large marine ecosystem
   • Maudlandia Antarctic desert
   • Marielandia Antatrctic tundra
   • Scotia Sea Islands tundra
8. Global cooling
   • Mortality from Thermal Extremes
9. Energy profile of Antarctica
10. Ice
    • Pack ice
    • Glacier
    • Ice sheet
    • Tabular icebergs
    • Antarctic Ice Shelves (Abbot, Ross (Ross Ice Shelf), Ronne-Filchner, Amery, Larsen,Riiser-Larsen, Fimbul, Shackleton, George VI, West, Wilkes)
    • Sea ice
11. Mountains
    • Transantarctic Mountains
    • Admiralty Range
    • Mount Erebus
    • Ellsworth Mountains
12. Governance - Antarctic Treaty System
    • The Antarctic Treaty (AT);
    • The Conventions for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (CCAS);
    • The Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR); and
    • The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Madrid Protocol).
13. Research Stations
    1. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (USA)
    2. Almirante Brown Antarctic Base (Argentina)
    3. Byrd Station (U.S.)
    4. Casey Station (Australia)
    5. Davis Station (Australia)
    6. Dumont d'Urville Station (France)
    7. Halley Research Station (U.K.)
    8. Jubany Scientific Station (Argentina)
    9. Mawson Station (Australia)
    10. McMurdo Station (USA)
    11. Mirny Station (Russia)
    12. Palmer Station (USA)
    13. San Martín Station (Argentina)
    14. Scott Base (New Zealand)
    15. Showa Station (Japan)
    16. Vostok Station (Russia)

Citation

Peter Saundry (2011). Antarctica (collection). ed. C. Michael Hogan. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and Environment. Washinton DC. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Antarctica_Collection