Hello friends!
Antarctica is the sixth continent. Ukrainian Antarctic station named after Vernadsky is a scientific research and separate life of 12 polar explorers. Risking their lives, they help us learn about the incredibly interesting life in Antarctica.
Scientific base on the Argentine Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula. Nature, of course, is very beautiful.
You can see the photos here. Thank you for the photos of my friend Vadim Zhukovsky.
In the world, much attention is paid to research conducted by Ukrainian scientists - these are ozone holes. Ukrainian and British polar explorers are the only ones who have been continuously observing them for 20 years. Now, for example, Ukrainian polar explorers record an increase in ozone in the atmosphere. This means that the ozone holes are gradually being tightened. These studies are particularly interested in the American billionaire bill gates, who, among other things, invests money in the production of medicines. He even came to Vernadsky station to meet Ukrainian researchers.
See beautiful photos and remember that Antarctica was previously a tropical continent with a climate similar to South America, but after moving closer to the pole, it was isolated by various currents and began to freeze. That is, the glacier completely covered the entire continent. Despite this, biological activity continues there, and in some places the soil cover is being restored. A study of the soils of Antarctica is another research direction of scientists in Antarctica.
Antarctica is an area of extensive continental glaciation. Under the influence of glacial load, the earth's crust of Antarctica bent by an average of 0.5 km, which caused the anomalous (compared to other continents)
position of the shelf, "lowered" here to a depth of 500 m. Just think!
The ice sheet covers almost the entire continent. Only 0.3% of the area is free of ice, where bedrock comes to the surface in the form of individual mountain ranges and rocks or small coastal land areas with shallow terrain
Antarctica is a unique continent, unlike any other continent on Earth .. It is covered with a heavy ice cover. Ice determines not only the features of its nature, but also the shape and size of the continent. The area of Antarctica is almost twice the size of Australia. Its banks are mostly high and rapid ice cliffs. On the mainland, there is only one large Peninsula - the Antarctic.
WATERS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. The coast of Antarctica is washed by the waters of the southern parts of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Together, they are conventionally called the Southern ocean. Off the coast of Antarctica, it forms a series of seas that jut shallowly into the land of Weddell, Bellingshausen, Ross, and Amundsen.
Until next time, @r3benok
Какая красота, нетронутая людьми...
Только атака пингвинов сейчас:)))