Antarctic Sea Ice was responsible for a Cruise Ship sinking in November 2007.

The French Southern and Antarctic Lands consists of a large area of land, split into 3 main parts, 1) A group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean, 2) French ...

The Antarctic Benthic Deep-Sea Biodiversity Project (ANDEEP)http://www.cedamar.org/ANDEEP is an international project to investigate deep-water biology of the Scotia and Weddell seas. Benthic refers to "bottom-dwelling ...

The Antarctic Desert is a region in the eastern portion of Antarctica, on the Indian Ocean side of the continent. It chiefly occupies the Victoria, Wright, and Taylor valleys near ...

Climate change has caused increased melting of earth's polar regions, including Antarctica. Scientists believe the continent, which is particularly susceptible to global warming, is heating up 50 percent faster ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is an ocean current that flows from west to east around Antarctica. An alternative name for the ACC is the West Wind Drift. The ACC ...

The South Atlantic Gyre is the southern branch of the subtropical gyre in the south Atlantic. This gyre is heavily influenced by northwesterly winds that drive a broad eastward drift ...

Giant Sea Spiders, also known as pyconogonids, are not actually spiders, although they are similar in appearance. The many-legged creatures are found in many places in the ocean. The largest ...