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“Antarktikos " , meaning that the continent which includes the South Pole of the Earth. coldest place on earth is mostly covered with ice throughout the year .
Travel to Antarctica are usually organized through a sea voyage . People may be a luxury cruise boat that will sail closer to Antarctica at a safe distance because the sea around Antarctica is filled with icebergs .
In the decade of the 70s , travel by plane is also popular for a while . There are 2 airlines serving flights across Antarctica to enjoy the view from the air is Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand .
However, after the crash of Air New Zealand flight TE - 901 that crashed into Mount Erebus on November 28 , 1978, flight enjoying the scenery of the Antarctic air is then terminated .
With an area of 13,200,000 km = C2 = B2 ; , Antarctica is the fifth largest continent after Eurasia , Africa , North America , and South America . However , the smallest population , far below the others ( mostly populated by researchers and scientists for a certain time limit ) .
The continent also has an average height of the highest ground , the lowest average humidity , and the lowest average temperature of all the continents on earth . Antarctica is a free zone , although to date there are few countries in the world who claim ownership of the territory on the Antarctic continent .
Although the existence of the Antarctic continent has been suspected for a long time , but this newly discovered continent in 1820 . In 1911 Ronald Amundsen from Nowegia was the first to reach the south pole . Not long afterwards he was followed by Robert Falcon Scott of Great Britain .
Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth with temperatures reaching -85 and -90 degrees Celsius in winter and 30 degrees higher in the summer . The middle of cold and dry and just having a bit of precipitation . Snowfall also occurred on the coast , with the highest record of 48 inches in 48 hours .
Almost the entire continent is covered in ice as thick as an average of 2.5 kilometers . Depending on the latitude and time of night or day is constant , making the usual climate experienced by humans is not available in this continent . Animals which are common in this region is the penguin . Penguins are birds that can not fly , but penguins are accomplished divers . Other animals are sea lions , seals and whales .
It is estimated that there are approximately 1,000 people living in Antarctica at a time but also depends on the season . People who live in Antarctica are usually using native country time zone .
Although there are no permanent residents , 29 countries signed the Antarctic Treaty have research stations generally always used throughout the year .
Emilio Marcos Palma ( born January 7, 1978 ) until now was the first person born on the Antarctic continent . He is an Argentine citizen . Then in 1986 and 1987 in Chile station also born a boy and girl .
Antarctica already has a wireless telephone services . Marambio Base belongs to Argentina , there is a cellular tower using AMPS technology and King George Island there is a GSM tower Entel Chile . In addition to this , the communication is limited to a satellite connection . International dialing code for Antarctica is +672 .
When we went and were in the middle of the poles of the earth , then we will witness the most amazing natural phenomena . At each pole , the sky will be the night for 6 consecutive months , and will be lunch for 6 consecutive months . When the afternoon sun in the sky just going around in circles in the sky .
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