Antartica Flashcards
FIFTH-LARGEST CONTINENT ITS LANDMASS IS ALMOST WHOLLY COVERED BY A VAST ICE SHEET
Antartica
COMPLETELY COVERED IN ICE AND IS HOME TOSOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE FJORDS ANDGLACIERS
SOUTH SHETLANDISLANDS
IT IS THE SOUTHERNMOST RUSSIANORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE WHOLEWORLD.
TRINITY CHURCH
belong to a group of birds that cannotfly; their wings are adapted for swimming. Forthis reason, people used to think of them as fish.
PENGUIN
The largest bear in the world and theArctic’s top predator and a powerful symbol of the strengthand endurance of the Arctic.
Polar Bear
belong to a group of marine mammals called pinnipeds,which means fin or flipper-footed.
Seals
are large deer, with a thick coatthat is brown during the summer, andduring the winter it is gray.
Reindeer
The largest animals on Earth and aspectacular wonder to witness in the wild. They are the trueAntarctic giants. However, they are critically endangered, veryslowly recovering from the impacts of 20th Century whaling.
BLUEWHALE
LAKE THAT DOES NOT FREEZE
“Deep Lake”