February 14, 2010

Amazing Facts About Antarctica

Antarctica is a one of a kind land that is both beautiful and brutal.Man has never made war on this continent, which makes it unique.However, even though Antarctica encompasses a larger area than the United States and Europe together, violent deaths are more common that those by natural causes, as the temperatures are too low to accommodate most germs.

This is a very unique world for that fact that men of countries that would not otherwise get along are working in harmony. There interactions are warm and comforting, even though just outside the walls the temperature gets to 100 degrees below zero, which could freeze their blood in just a few short seconds.Having a healthy appetite is welcomed in Antarctica as many have discovered when they're downing four good meals a day, and the incredibly low temperature just devours calories quicker than any known diet.

It is home to the "big eye," a singular condition of mass insomnia caused by the perpetual daylight of summer where inhabitants cannot sleep in the full sunshine of 3:00 am. There is an exclusive club on the continent, the most exclusive known world wide, that is called the "300-Degree Club".It claims the least expensive and southernmost bar of the world located at the South Pole where all drinks cost a like amount, but where even so the bill for a single night can be a great amount.In Antarctica the nights are rather lengthy, starting in April and concluding in September.antarctica cruise

Even though bulk of land mass of the Antarctic sits beneath 9,000 feet of ice, geologists believe the deposits of gas, coal, and oil contained there would heat the entire planet.There are many strange laws in Antarctica; including those is the inability to extradite anyone from there, leaving it the perfect getaway spot for criminals who want to escape from justice, provided they could survive for one day in the harsh climate that numbers among the world's most unforgiving; needless to say, there's no hurry to amend those laws.

You may be surprised that even though there are no laws, it is the continent with the lowest rate of crime in the world.It could be the spot of the perfect crime, but if anyone has been murdered, it is a crime which has not been prosecuted. No international laws or treaties are in place to stop a murderer, anywhere on this vast land.exciting antarctica cruises

Even though more than ten nations work in the Antarctic, no one actually owns any of the continent.Even though no country lays claim to it, and no one has even tried to claim it, scientists house some of the most advanced scientific technology there.

Most of the residents will not permanently live here, but they are some of the brightest in the world.In no other continent will you find more people with degrees than a high school education.There is more research preformed here than in any other geographical location. If you want to find scientific talent, you will find more here than at any university in the world.Unlike any other landmass, there are strict regulations that prevent any nuclear testing or nuclear bomb explosions.

The environmental laws on the planet are in effect in Antarctica.Because of the slaughtering that both sealers and whalers did nearly a century ago, you need a special type of licenses in order to kill animals.Antarctica is home to the scientific motherlode: a strictly peaceful place to perform scientific research that benefits all of us.

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