Antartica the continent

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42 Halley United Kingdom

43 *Gough Island South Africa

44 Neumayer Germany

45 SANAE South Africa

46 Troll, Norway

47 Concordia, France/Italy

*Stations north of 60°S

USA

#1 Amundsen-Scott

#19 McMurdo

#24 Palmer

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USA Bases

Amundsen-Scott South Pole

Palmer

McMurdo

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Geology

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Magnetic South Pole

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Physical Features

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Plant Life

2% of the continent is ice free

30 mosses

Artic Hair grass

One liverwort

150 lichens

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Animal Life

Adelie penguin

20 inches tall, 12 pounds

Weddell seals

Live up to 18 years

Snow Petrel

Live 14-20 years

Krill

They are 1-6” in length

Blue

Fin

Humpback

Minke

Orca

Sei

Sperm

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