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| rookery | nesting place for large numbers of birds or marine animals |
| crevasse | large break in the Antarctic ice |
| icebergs | large chunks of ice that fall off glaciers when they meet the ocean |
| Antarctica | least explored of all continents; sits on the southern end of the earth |
| South Pole | earth's southern most point at 90 degrees south |
| Vinson Massif | highest peak on Antarctica at 16,066 feet |
| Belica Antarctica | a wingless insect 1/10 inch long; permanent land animal of Antarctica |
| Roald Amundsen | an explorer from Norway who raced to reach the South Pole in 1911 |
| landforms | In Antarctica a huge ice cap covers the _________ |
| 1911 | The South Pole was discovered in _____. |
| Ross Island | Antarctica's Mount Erebus is located here |
| scientific research | In 1959, 12 countries signed a treaty agreeing to use Antarctica only for this |
| Robert Scott | an explorer from Britain who died while racing to reach the South Pole in 1911 |
| Byrd | U.S. Navy officer who first flew over the South Pole |
| Cape Horn | the southern tip of South America |
| Mount Erebus | Antarctica's most active volcano found on Ross Island |
| Transantarctic Mountains | crosses Antarctica and splits it in two |
| ozone | a form of oxygen in the atmosphere |
| ice shelf | part of an ice cap that extends from the land over the ocean |
| krill | shrimplike animal that is a major source of food for Antarctica's animals |
