Around the globe
Living in Antarctica
Logistics and support for New Zealanders going to Antarctica are provided by Antarctica New Zealand. Although based in Christchurch, Antarctica New Zealand operates NZ’s Scott Base, which is located on Ross Island in McMurdo Sound. The US base, McMurdo Station,…
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Global warming in Antarctica
Signs of global warming are three times more apparent in Antarctica than across the rest of the planet, a new study shows. Using newly digitized temperature, humidity, and wind data collected from instruments aboard weather balloons between 1971 and 2003, scientists…
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Biggest snake – Anaconda !
If you look in the records there is a lot of controversy over which snake holds the world’s record for massive size. The dimensions that have earned the anaconda the title of king is its total body mass or its…
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Tassili n’Ajjer – Algeria
The Tassili n’Ajjer (It is a name from the Berber language and its English name is: “Tassili Plateau”) is a mountain range in the Sahara desert in southeast Algeria, North Africa. The highest point is Adrar Afao, 2158 m. The…
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