Antarctica: The Edge of the Earth

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It’s the land at the edge of the world. A howling emptiness of jagged mountains, broken icebergs, and endless snow. It’s a song of ice and, well, more ice. A land that’s the coldest, driest, windiest, and most uninhabitable of anywhere on Earth. Those who went there knew it as the Great White Silence, the Southern Land, the end of the world. But you know it by its far more ancient name: Antarctica.

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Source/Further reading:

(In our Time): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss2th
https://www.britannica.com/place/Antarctica/History
Gondwana: https://www.britannica.com/place/Gondwana-supercontinent
Scott of the Arctic: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/scott_of_antarctic.shtml
https://mashable.com/2017/01/29/terra-nova-expedition/?europe=true
Discovery expedition: https://www.rrsdiscovery.com/exploration-article/the-story/
Glossopteris indica discovery: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15384729
Antarctic Treaty: https://www.ats.aq/e/ats.htm
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/law-and-treaty/history
Operation Highjump: https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/operation-highjump-18223476/
Carsten Borchgrevink: https://www.south-pole.com/p0000087.htm
Extracts from his book: https://archive.org/stream/FirstonAntarcti00Borc#page/246/mode/2up
Alexander von Tunzelmann: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/first-landing-antarctica
(Rime of the Ancient Mariner): https://discoveringantarctica.org.uk/science-and-exploration/journey-south/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/

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