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Locator map and guide to Antarctica.

Map shows notable features and facts about Antarctica.

four penguins waddle along the ice

A group of penguins dives from the ice into the water

Map of ice-free Antarctica.

A large sponge and a cluster of anenomes are seen among other lifeforms beneath the George IV Ice Shelf.

Map of Antarctica showing virtual deformation values. The Wilkes Land anomaly is clearly visible in the bottom right corner of the map.

An aerial photo of mountains rising out of Antarctica snowy and icy landscape, as seen from NASA�s Operation IceBridge research aircraft.

British explorers Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer Childs are on an 80-day trek across Antarctica. Here, a penguin waddles on drift ice in the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea.

The 2021 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum area on Oct. 7 and ranks as the 13th-largest such feature since 1979.

The ozone hole (blue) can be seen here over Antarctica on Oct. 4, 2019.

This image shows the two cracks captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite on Sept. 14, 2019.

Satellite footage shows Antarctica�s East Getz Ice Shelf fracturing along the margins.

A giant iceberg has calved off the front of the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica.

Infographic: The layers and functions of the human skin.

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infographic of nuclear power plant

Fukushima fuel rod infographic

infographic of human body sweat

Today�s GoFIgure looks at phobias, defined as irrational fears of things which are not likely to be dangerous.

An abstract illustration of rays of colorful light