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Devils Point, Livingston Island, with Morton Strait and Snow Island in the background, and Smith Island seen on the horizon on the right

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Location map for the Livingston Island.

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At Mawson's Huts

Ice Age

The last ice age in thousands of years

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Scott base in Antarctica

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Map showing the territorial claim to Antarctica by Chile. Also on the map are is the 60° S Parallel, Antarctic Circle, 0/180 latitude line and (in red) the borders of the claims by other states.

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Red fluid pours out of Blood Falls at Taylor Glacier. The colour derives from iron oxides.

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Topographic map of Antarctica after removing the ice sheet and accounting for both isostatic rebound and sea level rise. Hence, this map suggests what Antarctica may have looked like 35 million years ago, when the Earth was warm enough to prevent the formation of large-scale ice sheets in Antarctica.

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The First Russian Antarctic Expedition 1819–1821.

The Antarctic fur seal, once reduced to a small population on South Georgia after being hunted towards extinction, has returned to the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula.

Antarctic Peninsula map.

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Map showing the territorial claim to Antarctica by Chile. Also on the map are is the 60° S Parallel, Antarctic Circle, 0/180 latitude line and (in red) the borders of the claims by other states.

Red fluid pours out of Blood Falls at Taylor Glacier. The colour derives from iron oxides.

Elevation coloured by relief height