Interesting Facts About The Countries of Antarctica

What will a polar bear do when it encounters a penguin?

So far, ice bear lives in Arctic, at the North Pole, and penguin – in Antarctica, at the South Pole, and they aren’t going to meet soon.

It will eat the penguin

It will pass by

It will be scared and run away

Their paths don't cross

There are rivers in Antarctica, the longest Onyx river length is...

Because of extreme climatic conditions it flows only two months during Antarctic summers.

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30 km

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300 km

How many people live in the territory of Antarctica in the summer?

There are no permanent residents in Antarctica. The only people who live there for some time are people from temporary scientific communities. In the summer the number of scientists and support personnel is about 5000 people, while not more than 1000 people stay here to work in the winter.

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Antarctica has its own top-level domain. What does it look like?

Antarctica has its own top-level domain. What does it look like? The domain is delegated only to state organizations, which are engaged in some activities in Antarctica. A state should be entered in international Antarctic Treaty 1959 or other organizations, which have continuous presence on the continent (buildings or regular expeditions during the peak season). The domain is given for free for two years with prolongation.

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What country governs the Antarctic?

There’s no government in Antarctica, and no world’s country owns this continent. Despite the fact that many countries tried to get ownership title to these lands, an agreement was reached, which provides Antarctica the privilege to stay the only region on the Earth, which isn’t governed by any country.

Russia

USA

Republic of South Africa

None of the above

There’s a waterfall in Antarctica with water full of iron, which oxidizes upon contact with air. What’s the name of this waterfall?

Blood-red stream

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Blood

Lymphatic

Oill

Antarctica is the only continent where there's no...

Reptiles

Seaweed

Fish

Birds

In 1977, this country sent a pregnant woman to Antarctica to make her child the first human born on this tough continent. Which country it is?

Emilio Marcos Palma was born on January 7, 1978.

Australia

Austria

England

Argentine

How many ATM are there in the territory of Antarctica?

They were installed in 2002 at McMurdo station, which is located at a distance 840 miles from the South Pole. One of them is a reserve.

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7

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You aren't allowed to visit Antarctica with this. What is it?

People with wisdom teeth and appendix aren’t allowed to Antarctica. It’s due to the fact that surgical operations aren’t made at stations in Antarctica, that’s why before the travel to the ice continent you need to remove wisdom teeth and appendix, even if they’re sound as a bell.

Wisdom tooth

Beard

45th shoe size

Ginger hair color

Antarctica is the only place on the Earth, where you can find an emperor penguin. Can you find it in the pictures?

Agellanic penguin is in photo 1, Adelie penguin is in photo 2, Subantarctic penguin or Gentoo penguin is in photo 3, and the Eemperor penguin is in photo 4. Emperor penguins are also the only species, which propagates in Antarctic winter, while Adelie penguin in comparison to other species propagates in the southernmost part of the continent.

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