Antarctica for Kids
Channel: C. Joy Lisonbee
Date: 2020-05-22

The frozen southern continent is amazing!

Satellite image of Antarctica: NASA

Antarctic circle map: Thesevenseas

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (night): National Science Foundation

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (day): Daniel Leussler

Aurora australis: NASA

Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf: NASA

Edge of the Ross Ice Shelf: NOAA

Gerlache Strait (sunny): NOAA

Gerlache Strait (cloudy): Michelle Maria

McMurdo Station flags: National Science Foundation, photo by Brien Barnett

Glacier in Neko Harbor: Apcbg, wikimedia commons

Lake Vanda: USGS

Antarctic pearlwort flowers: Liam Quinn, Flickr

Cyanobacteria: Willem van Aken, CSIRO

Adélie penguins: NOAA

Humpback whales: NOAA

Sperm whales: Gabriel Barathieu

Orca in Ross Sea: NOAA

Antarctic toothfish: wikimedia commons

Jellyfish (Diplulmaris antarctica): Erwan AMICE

Colossal squid video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B8fSg8mMObo


Adélie penguins swimming: Christopher Michel

Antarctic midge: https://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/aroundTheContinent/images5/pal-jan17-4.jpg

Jurassic map: public domain

Triassic Dicroidium leaf fossils: Christian Sidor, Burke Museum
https://www.burkemuseum.org/news/going-end-earth-uncover-fossil-life-antarctica

Cryolophosaurus cast, Field Museum of Natural History: Jonathan Chen