When we think about the Antarctica, great masses of ice and penguins come to our minds. But, what do we know about this continent? Ice Tech is going to tell you 6 things you did not know about this ice ocean…
In winter, when the sea freezes, the size of the Antarctica is the same one as the USA and Mexico together.
The first tourists who got to the Antarctica did it in 1957 from New Zealand. They briefly landed at McMurdo Sound.
There are 300,000 icebergs sailing the Antarctic Ocean and surrounding the continent! Visually, it cannot be prettier, but living there is another story 😉 In the Antarctica some ice is more than a million years old.
Why do penguins not have frozen feet on ice? Their coats and their fat is so effective that their legs serve them as air conditioning. They may die of heat without them.
There is an Antarctic Treaty (1961), which states that the Antarctica does not belong to any country. It is a continent destined to science, where mining operations are prohibited. The member countries of the treaty represent an 80% of the world population.
In 1999, a couple got married at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, with their colleagues holding hands in a circle around the ceremonial pole. They spent their first honeymoon night in a heated tent.
