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2 days ago · Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km 2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi).
- Territorial Claims in Antarctica
Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile,...
- History of Antarctica
Painting of James Weddell's second expedition, depicting the...
- Antarctic Treaty System
A 2006 satellite composite image of Antarctica. The...
- Tourism in Antarctica
A party of skiers arrives after traversing overland to the...
- Mount Erebus Disaster
The pilots had begun a terrain escape manoeuvre by applying...
- Onyx
The Onyx River is an Antarctic meltwater stream which flows...
- Orthographic Projection
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this...
- Lake Vostok
Lake Vostok (Russian: озеро Восток, romanized: ozero Vostok)...
- Silver Cloud
Silver Cloud is a small cruise ship operated by Silversea...
- Territorial Claims in Antarctica
2 days ago · The Full Moon in May 2024 is the Flower Moon and that will happen at 9:53 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 23. Here’s the complete list of Full Moons this year and their traditional names.
4 days ago · 2022 ( MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade. The year saw the removal of nearly all COVID-19 restrictions and the reopening of international ...
2 days ago · 2022–23 →. The 2021–22 Premier League was the 30th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992, and the 123rd season of top-flight English football overall. The start and end dates for the season were released on 25 March 2021, [2] and the fixtures were ...
- 13 August 2021 –, 22 May 2022
1 day ago · The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). [citation needed] The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the ...
1 day ago · Start and end dates. History. Aftermath. Impact. See also. Notes. Citations. References. External links. World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
1 day ago · The table below shows who has political control of each of the 21 non-metropolitan county councils (NMC), the 62 unitary authorities (UA), the 36 metropolitan districts (MD), the 32 London boroughs (LB) as well as the 2 sui generis entities: the City of London (CL) and the Isles of Scilly (IS). In total, 153 local government councils .
