Astronomical cycles – Article
At present, Antarctica is covered with ice. During the last Ice Age, parts of New Zealand and much of Europe and northern Europe were also glaciated. What has caused the cyclical warming and cooling of our planet?
Looking closer
This collection contains a wide variety of resources and information about Icy Ecosystems, which supports the resources in the other collections.
List of Looking closer resource items
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Icebergs and glaciation – Article
Ice, icebergs and glaciers have a lot to tell us about Earth’s history, and our understanding of this has changed significantly over time.
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Why is Antarctica so cold? – Article
There are three key reasons why Antarctica is colder than the Arctic – height above sea level, atmosphere and land masses.
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Antarctica hut data – Science Data
Download a PDF file of graphs and images from the team working to save Antarctica’s historic huts.
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Unlocking the Icehouse – Science Data
A fact sheet by Dr Tim Naish, (Institude of Geological and Nuclear Research). It answers many questions such as “why do ice sheets and sea level yo-yo?” and “what caused the freezing of Antarctica?”.
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Researching in Antarctica – Science Data
Once a year, scientists Megan Balks and Jackie Aislabie venture to the coldest place on Earth, visiting climate research stations in Antarctica. Download this PowerPoint of images from their trips.
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Seals – Article
Antarctica is home to several different seal species, including Weddell seals, southern elephant seals, leopard seals, crabeater seals and Ross seals.
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Penguins – Article
Antarctica is home to a number of different species of penguins, including emperor penguins, Adelie penguins and macaroni penguins.
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Whales – Article
Many different species of whale call the cold Antarctic waters home for at least part of the year, including blue whales, killer whales (orcas) and humpback whales.
