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INDEX


             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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