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Transantarctic Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Transantarctic Mountains, mountain chain stretching across Antarctica from Victoria Land to Coats Land; separating the E Antarctic and W Antarctic subcontinents. Mt. Markham (14,275 ft…Victoria Land
(Encyclopedia) Victoria Land, part of E Antarctica, S of New Zealand; Cape Adare is to the northeast. Bounded on the E by the Ross Sea and on the W by Wilkes Land, it consists of ranges of the…Fuchs, Sir Vivian Ernest
(Encyclopedia) Fuchs, Sir Vivian ErnestFuchs, Sir Vivian Ernestf&oobreve;ks [key], 1908–99, English geologist and explorer, b. Kent, educated at Cambridge. He was a geologist on expeditions to…Wilkins, Sir George Hubert
(Encyclopedia) Wilkins, Sir George Hubert, 1888–1958, British explorer, b. Australia. He made a number of trips to Antarctica and to the Arctic. Valuable experience gained when he accompanied…The Endurance
Shackleton's expedition trapped by an iceberg in the South Atlantic by Susan Hyde On December 5, 1914, Ernest Henry Shackleton, an Irish explorer, and 27 men set sail on Endurance…Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry
(Encyclopedia) Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, British antarctic explorer, b. Ireland. The first of his voyages to Antarctica was made as a member of the expedition (1901–4) of Robert F.…Antarctica Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures
Antarctica is a unique continent located at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the fifth largest continent and the only one without an indigenous population. As you can see from maps of Antarctica,…Antarctica
(Encyclopedia) CE5 AntarcticaAntarcticaăntärkˈtĭkə, –ärˈtĭkə [key], the fifth largest continent, c.5,500,000 sq mi (14,245,000 sq km), asymmetrically centered on the South Pole and almost entirely…Trending
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