antartica

You'll be able to locate Antarctica on a map, understand its position at the South Pole, and recognize why its extreme isolation and geography make it unique.

You'll understand what the Antarctic Ice Sheet is, how it differs from glaciers, and why it's the largest ice mass on Earth with massive climate implications.

You'll learn how penguins, seals, and other wildlife have adapted to extreme cold, limited food, and harsh conditions through remarkable biological strategies.

You'll discover how scientists drill ice cores to read Earth's climate history, extracting trapped air and isotopes that reveal temperature and atmospheric changes over hundreds of thousands of years.