List of Looking closer resource items

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  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?

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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 – Resource

  Download a PDF file of graphs and images from the team working to save Antarctica’s historic huts.

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  Researching in Anarctica – Resource

  Once a year, scientists Megan Balks and Jackie Aislabie venture to the coldest place on earth, visiting climate research stations in Antarctica.

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  Snow and ice density – Resource

  A small dataset showing the typical densities of snow and ice.

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  Unlocking the Icehouse – Resource

  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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  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.