Antarctica is a cold, dry, icy, mountainous continent that surrounds the South Pole.
The Australian Antarctic Division is a research and environmental protection agency with an outstanding website.
Before Paul Ward began his teaching career, he spent two years as a marine biologist in Antarctica.
GMU has created seven classroom (or homeschool) activities and experiments to help students grasp Antarctic challenges.
"This highest, driest, and coldest continent was referred to in the 17th century as Terra Australis Incognita—unknown southern land..."
The educational television show "Warnings from the Ice" appeared on NOVA in 1998, but the companion website still has plenty to teach us.
"Antarctica is the coldest, highest, driest, windiest place on Earth! Are you wearing enough warm clothes to be here? We hope so, because here we go!" In addition to the clearly written glacier pages (which you'll find under Ice), there are sections on An