Dr.Dodiddily and the Dee Dots – Antarctica. (www.thedragonlords.zoomshare.com)

ANTARCTICA

Our world is full of mysterious places that hide their secrets in the dust of civilization there. Ancient castles, sacral statues or porters, hidden land, and various places that deserve more attention from those who like adventure. Let’s start an adventure of a mysterious place to place.

Antarctica is a very inhospitable place to live. So many changes and phenomena that until now the big secret for most of us. Antarctica also has many mysteries, from 14 million kilometers of the continent covered with snow and ice with a thickness between 2000 to 4800 meters, there is also a dry island total, and is called “dry valley without snow.” Be alive to witness this phenomenon!

 

Nothing like the cold, cold snows of the Antarctic but for us here in Pontybodkin in 2013 it was truly fantastic.

Not until 1840 was it established that Antarctica was indeed a continent and not just a group of islands. Several exploration “firsts” were achieved in the early 20th century. Following World War II, there was an upsurge in scientific research on the continent. A number of countries have set up year-round research stations on Antarctica. Seven have made territorial claims, but not all countries recognize these claims. In order to form a legal framework for the activities of nations on the continent, an Antarctic Treaty was negotiated that neither denies nor gives recognition to existing territorial claims; signed in 1959, it entered into force in 1961. Mountain ranges up to nearly 5,000 meters; ice-free coastal areas include parts of southern Victoria Land, Wilkes Land, the Antarctic Peninsula area, and parts of Ross Island on McMurdo Sound; glaciers form ice shelves along about half of the coastline, and floating ice shelves constitute 11% of the area of the continent. 

The Antarctic Treaty prohibits any measures of a military nature, such as the establishment of military bases and fortifications, the carrying out of military maneuvers, or the testing of any type of weapon; it permits the use of military personnel or equipment for scientific research or for any other peaceful purposes
It is the fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe.