Nomad's Antarctica by Tim McGuinness

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Welcome to the land that Nomad knew first hand, sailing the most dangerous waters on Earth!
Radar Photo Image Of Antarctica	Map Of Antarctica

Terra Australis Nondum Cognita (The unknown south land)
The existence of this great south land was derived from the ideas of the early Greek geographers. They believed there must be a large landmass around the South Pole to "balance" the known land in the northern hemisphere. They named it the opposite of the Arctic, The Anti-Arktikos or Antarctica.

Antarctic Peninsula

Captain James Cook
The great Captain James Cook was the first to investigate this puzzle. While exploring between 1772 and 1775, he crossed the Antarctic circle four times and reached 71 degrees, 10' S. Cook discovered no land, and he claimed "that no man will ever venture farther than I have done, and that the lands which may lie to the south will never be explored.

Antarctic Quick Facts:
Size: 5.5 million sq. miles (14M sq. km) Fifth largest continent in the world. As large as the US and Mexico combined. Government: Antarctica has been administered by the Antarctic Treaty since 1961. No country has any definitive sovereignty over any part of it, in spite of claims.	Click for Enlargement
Visitors: Summer - 20,000 visitors and station workers. Winter - 1,200 “winter over” station workers. Temperature: Record low temperature of –128F (–89.6 C). Health Risks: Hypothermia, frostbite, snow-blindness, dehydration, sunburn. Highest Point: Vinson Massif 16,062' (4897m) Precipitation: Antarctica receives less than 5cm of precipitation a year, which is similar to the amount the driest part of the Sahara Desert receives.	for more history of Antarctica - click here

Antarctic Links:

Antarctic Recommended

Virtual Antarctica

Antarctic General

The Antarctic Connection

Antarctica: Links to sources and resources relating to the Antarctic and polar research news.

Antarctic Bibliographic database

Antarctic Information Resources

Antarctica New Zealand

Antarctic Treaty obligation report (U.S.)

Atlas of Antarctic Research

Australian Antarctic Division

British Antarctic Survey

Current Antarctic Literature

Int'l Center for Antarctic Info. & Res. (ICAIR)

Life in extreme environments (LExEn)

Live from Antarctica 2 (NASA)

Low-Latitude Antarctic Gazetteer

Polar Meteorology Web Module: Educational web site

Polar Pointers

Polar Web: Your guide to Internet resources dealing with the lands and waters surrounding the North Pole and the South Pole, and with other cold regions of the earth.

SINTEF polar technology programme

Search for News headlines about Antarctica

Underwater field guide to Ross Island and McMurdo Sound

Antarctic History

Antarctic Philately: South pole explorers, timeline and other historical information
History of South Pole Exploration
Discovery of Ross Island
History of Ross Island
Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Sir Edmund Hillary
The Endurance Exhibit

Antarctic Photography & Art

Antarctic Photo Gallery

Antarctic Images

Polar Photos: The Picture Library of the Scott Polar Research Institute holds a very extensive collection of photographs from both Arctic and Antarctic.

Satellite Images: Glaciers

Satellite Images of Antarctica: high-resolution digital versions of declassified images (300 dpi)

Original Antarctic Art

The Antarctica Tartan

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some photos by: R. Clements, D. & I. Wade, C. Sekercioglu

Charles John "Nomad" McGuinness
1893-1947

Nomad's Wife
Nomad's Son

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