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The Early Period (1700-1897)
Captain James Cook
Water, water, everywhere…
Edward Bransfield
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen
James Clark Ross
Who first stepped foot on Antarctica
The Heroic Age (1897-1922)
Adrien de Gerlache
Carsten Borchgrevink
Borchgrevink’s hut
The first grave in Antarctica
Louis Bernacchi
The German National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903
Robert Falcon Scott
The Discovery Hut
Scott’s fruitcake
Roald Amundsen
Scott’s party meets Amundsen in the most remote part of the world
Nobu Shirase
A samurai sword for Antarctica
Ernest Shackleton
THE NIMROD EXPEDITION
Shackleton’s hut
The Aurora Australis book
Shackleton’s whisky
The Search for ‘Endurance’
For Shackleton lovers
Frank Wild
Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958)
Moreton Henry Moyes
Home of the Blizzard
An Antarctic old favourite
Madness strikes Mawson’s expedition
John Davis, Antarctic Captain
The Ross Sea Party (1915-17)
The British Expedition to Graham Land 1920-22
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE) 1902-1904
The Mechanical Age (1922-1950)
Admiral Byrd
Hubert Wilkins
Lincoln Ellsworth
The Modern Era (1950-present)
Sir Vivian ‘Bunny’ Fuchs
Operation ‘Deep Freeze’
Wildlife
Penguins
Adélie Penguins
Gentoo penguins
Chinstrap penguins
Emperor penguins
King Penguins
Seals
The Elephant Seal
Crabeater Seals
Leopard Seals
Cetaceans (Whales and dolphins)
Orcas
Birds of Antarctica
Caracara
SKUAS
Insects
Microbes
Bacteria on ice
An Antarctic parasite – Syndianales
Other marine animals
Krill
Icefish of Antarctica
Sea Spiders of Antarctica
Introduced animals
The Last rats on South Georgia
The Admiral’s cows
Meat eating horses of Antarctica
Antarctic dinosaurs
The Fossil Hunters of Antarctica
Lystrosaurus
Geography
The Drake Passage
Volcanoes
Mount Erebus
Mount Gauss
Mount Sidley – Antarctica’s Highest Volcano
Deception Island
Pine Island Glacier’s underground volcano
The Gamburtsev Mountains
Don Juan Pond
Mount Vinson, Antarctica
Antarctica’s tectonic plate
The Erebus ice tongue
Oddities
Google Earth anomalies
Flat Earth
Nazis in Antarctica
Aliens in Antarctica
Hollow Earth
Atlantis
Ghosts of Antarctica
Fallen Angels
Operation Tabarin (Antarctica)
The Wilkes Land Gravity Anomaly
Mysterious bones
Antarctica’s Blood Falls
Comrade Lenin’s last refuge
Noctilucent clouds over Antarctica
The Jade Icebergs of Antarctica
Unusual sights in Antarctica
Geo-politics
The Chinese in Antarctica
Antarctic Bases
List of Antarctic bases
China’s Taishan base
New Zealand’s Scott Base
Poland’s Henryk Arctowski Station
Transport (Air, Sea, Land)
Balloons over Antarctica
Scott’s ship ‘Discovery’
The First Car in Antarctica
Scott’s Antarctic Motor Sledges
Mawson’s Gypsy Moth
The Snow Cruiser
The Russian ‘Snow Cruiser’
‘George 1’
Motorbikes in Antarctica
The Nuyina icebreaker
An Antarctic Hercules
Mount Erebus Disaster
VENTURI Electric vehicle
The Lotus Ice Concept vehicle
The Ford ‘Snow Bird’
Climate change
Antarctica and weather
The Ozone hole
Ice is disappearing
Microplastics in Antarctica
Science
Science in Antarctica
Ice Maidens contribute to Antarctic medical research
Medical research in Antarctica
The Antarctic Science Foundation
Kids guide to climate change
Antarctica for Kids
Kid’s Survival
KIDS SURVIVAL COURSE
KIDS SURVIVAL COURSE REGISTRATION
Bases
List of Antarctic bases
BHARATI STATION – INDIA’S ANTARCTICA
China’s Taishan base
New Zealand’s Scott Base
Poland’s Henryk Arctowski Station
CHINA’S FIFTH ANTARCTIC BASE
A modern Antarctic igloo
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About Captain Antarctica
Antarctic exploration
The Early Period (1700-1897)
Captain James Cook
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen
James Clark Ross
The Heroic Age (1897-1922)
Adrien de Gerlache
Carsten Borchgrevink
Borchgrevink’s hut
Louis Bernacchi
The German National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903
Robert Falcon Scott
The Discovery Hut
Scott’s fruitcake
Roald Amundsen
Scott’s party meets Amundsen in the most remote part of the world
Nobu Shirase
Ernest Shackleton
Shackleton’s hut
The Aurora Australis book
Shackleton’s whisky
The Search for ‘Endurance’
For Shackleton lovers
Frank Wild
Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958)
Moreton Henry Moyes
Home of the Blizzard
An Antarctic old favourite
Madness strikes Mawson’s expedition
John Davis, Antarctic Captain
The Ross Sea Party (1915-17)
The British Expedition to Graham Land 1920-22
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE) 1902-1904
The Mechanical Age (1922-1950)
Admiral Byrd
Hubert Wilkins
Lincoln Ellsworth
The Modern Era (1950-present)
Sir Vivian ‘Bunny’ Fuchs
Operation ‘Deep Freeze’
Wildlife
Penguins
Adélie Penguins
Gentoo penguins
Chinstrap penguins
Emperor penguins
King Penguins
Seals
The Elephant Seal
Crabeater Seals
Leopard Seals
Cetaceans (Whales and dolphins)
Orcas
Birds of Antarctica
Caracara
SKUAS
Insects
Microbes
Bacteria on ice
An Antarctic parasite – Syndianales
Other marine animals
Krill
Icefish of Antarctica
Sea Spiders of Antarctica
Introduced animals
The Last rats on South Georgia
The Admiral’s cows
Meat eating horses of Antarctica
Antarctic dinosaurs
The Fossil Hunters of Antarctica
Lystrosaurus
Antarctic geography
The Drake Passage
Volcanoes
Don Juan Pond
Mount Vinson, Antarctica
Antarctica’s tectonic plate
The Erebus ice tongue
Oddities
Google Earth anomalies
Flat Earth
Nazis in Antarctica
Aliens in Antarctica
Hollow Earth
Atlantis
Ghosts of Antarctica
Fallen Angels
Operation Tabarin (Antarctica)
The Wilkes Land Gravity Anomaly
Mysterious bones
Antarctica’s Blood Falls
Comrade Lenin’s last refuge
Noctilucent clouds over Antarctica
The Jade Icebergs of Antarctica
Unusual sights in Antarctica
Geo-politics
The Chinese in Antarctica
Antarctic Bases
China’s Taishan base
New Zealand’s Scott Base
Poland’s Henryk Arctowski Station
Transport (Air, Sea, Land)
The Snow Cruiser
Motorbikes in Antarctica
The Nuyina icebreaker
Mawson’s Gypsy Moth
‘George 1’
Mount Erebus Disaster
An Antarctic Hercules
The First Car in Antarctica
Scott’s ship ‘Discovery’
Climate change
Antarctica and weather
The Ozone hole
Ice is disappearing
Science
Science in Antarctica
Ice Maidens contribute to Antarctic medical research
Medical research in Antarctica
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