Ch 24 - The Last Frontier

a remote region at the bottom of the world

• Antarctica

• The Arctic Circle

• The Amazon Rainforest

a large chunk of floating ice that has broken off the edge of a glacier

• Iceberg

• Glacier

• Ice shelf

• Floe

a large, flat sheet of floating ice that has formed from seawater

• Ice Floe

• Glacier

• Iceberg

• Snowdrift

in 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) designated this fifth ocean from the portions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans south of 60° south latitude

• Southern Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea

• Caribbean Sea

a sea adjacent to Antarctica, south of the Pacific Ocean

• Ross Sea

• Weddell Sea

• Arctic Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea

a sea adjacent to Antarctica, south of the Atlantic Ocean

• Weddell Sea

• Ross Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

glaciers that flow off Antarctica and slide out onto the water

• Ice Shelves

• Snowbanks

• Icebergs

• Ice Floes

isolated mountains that stick up above Antarctic ice

• Nunataks

• Glaciers

• Icebergs

• Volcanoes

most coveted piece of property on the continent; it is the only part of the continent that extends beyond the Antarctic Circle

• Antarctic Peninsula

• Arctic Ocean

• South Georgia Island

• Falkland Islands

mountain range in Antarctica

• Transantarctic Mountains

• Himalayas

• Rocky Mountains

• Andes