Even though it is not exactly sure when this continent was discovered, we have records of Antarctica in modern human times. Antarctica history yet is not that long in modern times. The history of modern human knowledge of this undiscovered place emerges from early Western theories. Stories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis,…
New Zealand scientists drilling through Antarctic ice discovered an underwater ecosystem. Beneath a thick and unforgiving ice shelf, in massive caverns with extremely high ceilings, are shrimp like creatures. A newly discovered underwater ecosystem that has been ice-locked and full of life. Marine life discovered in Antarctic river. The ecosystem was found more than 1,600…
The massive icy vastness dominated the vision as far as the eyes could see. The supremacy of silence made these snow-covered lands piercingly haunted yet achingly mysterious.
The grey sky bore the silence of the dead. Beneath it sat Kate staring at the empty lawn where hundreds of people existed a few minutes ago. “Everybody leaves.” She thought.
Kate sat in his father’s office, stunt and still. James Vandenberg’s office was spacious enough to take a run, and yet the preciseness of everything beats Kate. The black and steel grey theme gave it an impression of absolute modernity and class.
Earth now has five oceans, the well named Southern, joining the global family alongside the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans.
Find out about The Antarctic Treaty that was signed in December 1959 by about a dozen countries that at that time were already conducting research in Antarctica.