Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.
==Popular Culture==
===Appearances===
====Variants====
The following list is of explicit appearances of Antarctica.
Year	Name 	Appearance	Notes
1838	Antarctic regions 	
* The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, author Edgar Allan Poe	
* Young seaman Arthur Gordon Pym and sailor Dirk Peters are rescued by the ship Jane Guy, which, at Pym's request, bears south to the unexplored Antarctic regions. The ship opens up trade with natives of the continent, lead by the chief Too-Wit, before they betray them, leaving Pym and Peters the only survivors.The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym - Wikisource - Retrieved 24 May 2021
1888	The Antarctic Continent	
* A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, author James De Mille	
* In 1843, English sailor Adam More is abandoned by the Trevelyan in the Southern Ocean. He subsequently discovers a lost civilisation, the Kosekin, hidden in Antarctica.A STRANGE MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN A COPPER CYLINDER - Project Gutenberg - Retrieved 23 May 2021
* Sir James Clark Ross is mentioned.
1936	Antarctica 	
* At the Mountains of Madness, author H. P. Lovecraft	
* Miskatonic University professor of geology William Dyer leads a doomed expedition that uncovers an ancient, inhuman civilisation once existed on the southern continent.At the Mountains of Madness/full - Wikisource - Retrieved 24 May 2021
1938	Antarctica 	
* Who Goes There?, author John W. Campbell	
* Meteorologist McReady leads the men of Big Magnet through a process of divining who amongst their fellow scientists have been replaced by things from another world."Who Goes There" - The Language of Darkness - NYU - Retrieved 24 May 2021
1966	Antarctica 	
* Doctor Who, "The Tenth Planet"	
* The First Doctor (William Hartnell) and his companions Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills) find the TARDIS has landed in Antarctica, 1986, at the Snowcap space tracking station. There, they uncover the arrival in the starry sky of the planet Mondas- and its inhabitants, the Cybermen.The Tenth Planet - IMDB - Retrieved 24 May 2021
1976	Antarctica 	
* Doctor Who, "The Seeds of Doom"	
* The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) investigate the appearance of an apparent Krynoid on the continent.The Seeds of Doom - IMDB - Retrieved 24 May 2021
1999	Antarctica 	
* Atlantis Found, author Clive Cussler	
* NUMA operatives Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino uncover a plot by CEO Karl Wolf to initiate the Fourth Reich involving the lost continent of Atlantis.Atlantis Found - Goodreads - Retrieved 24 May 2021
== Links ==
* Antarctica on Wikipedia
* Antarctica on Encyclopædia Britannica
* Antarctica on TV Tropes
== References ==
Category:Real locations
Category:Real Antarctic locations
Category:Real continents