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airplanes, 23, 26, 29, 42, 50–51, 54, dogs, 18–19, 22, 24, 29, 35–36, 40,
110, 111, 113 47–48, 51, 71–72, 85, 103
seaplanes, 40, 44, 51 drilling ice cores, 80, 111
algae, 64, 67, 83–85, 104, 118 Dry Valleys, 66, 71
Amundsen, Roald, 19, 22, 40, 49
Antarctica Treaty, 101–102 East Antarctica, 61, 64, 66, 68–70, 79
Antarctica Treaty System (ATS), 102 ecosystem, 67, 96, 97, 103, 105
Protocol on Environmental Protection, food in Antarctica, 18–19, 22, 24, 28,
102–103, 107 30, 42, 47, 64, 86–87, 96–99,
Antarctic Peninsula, 11, 13, 15, 23, 103, 114
44, 49, 54, 59, 64, 79, 85, 92, fossil fuels, 91, 96–97
104–105, 114 fossils, 14, 61–63, 80
Arctic, 11–12, 23, 26, 85, 92, 100
artists, 14–15, 25, 28–29, 104, 116–119 geology, 5, 46, 49, 111
atmosphere, 46, 63, 77–78, 91, 96, 100 Gibbs, George Washington, Jr., 5, 10,
aurora australis, 43, 76–77 20, 26–27, 30–32, 34–38, 40–41,
44, 46–47, 50, 52–54, 56–60, 72,
Bay of Whales, 8, 26, 29, 34, 36–37, 74, 82, 90, 106
72 glaciers, 11, 17, 25, 63, 66, 68, 76
bedrock, 64–65, 94 glacial melt, 73, 92–94, 105, 116
birds, 63, 83, 98, 103–104 Pine Island, 92–94
albatrosses, 9, 85 Thwaites, 92–94, 96, 114
petrels, 9, 64, 85 grasses, 84, 103–104
shags, 85–86 Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean
skuas, 9, 85 Circulation Explorer (GOCE), 61
terns, 64, 85 greenhouse gases, 91
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, Jr., 26–30, 38,
40–42, 44, 49, 51, 53–54, 56, 73, Henson, Matthew, 19–21
90, 122 ice crystals, 77
IceCube Neutrino Observatory, 109
climate change, 5, 91, 93, 96–97, 105,
116–117 insects, 84, 98, 103
clothing, 19, 29, 35, 36, 97, 103, 113 International Association of Antarctica
clouds, 6, 17, 52, 74, 77, 78 Tour Operators (IAATO), 115
nacreous, 78 International Geophysical Year (IGY),
noctilucent, 77 100–101
Commission for the Conservation of invasive species, 103
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Jim Crow, 32
(CCAMLR), 104
Cook, James, 13, 41 lakes, 42, 67–68, 85, 113, 118
cooling periods, 62–63, 80, 91 subglacial lakes, 64, 70–71, 73, 80,
crevasses, 42, 71–72, 74, 76, 92, 119 83
Cruzen, Richard, 51, 54 lichen, 64, 83–84
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