Leaving Antarctica alone

 One for Year 8

An important piece in 'The Atlantic' which I will be using next year when teaching about Antarctica.

It is described as 'The Last Place on Earth any tourist should go'.

There are some excellent quotes in the piece.

New Polar maps from the British Antarctic Survey

The Arctic and Antarctic are changing so rapidly that the maps need updating regularly. This work is completed by the British Antarctic Survey. I have one of their maps for my department, but perhaps need the latest now to replace it (or for comparison).

Today our cartographers released new Antarctic and Arctic maps - with lots of changes to these fast changing and fragile places:

🧊 ice sheet loss
🌊 new sea ice data
📌 using indigenous town names in the Canadian Arctic#WorldOceansDay #climatechangehttps://t.co/GNfe2F5BEF

— British Antarctic Survey 🐧 (@BAS_News) June 8, 2023

The BAS have just released some new maps.

News here.

COMNAP Map of Antarctic Site Facilities

An excellent new map showing Antarctic facilities.

Click on any research station to find out more - a range of tools can be accessed from the toolbar at the bottom of the map too.

Antarctic Tourism

 

This is part of the resource that is being created and shared by Shackleton clothing during a week of talks and sessions as part of Antarctica Now.

A useful article on the fragile nature of Antarctica, in a year when tourism has been halted, and the continent is broadly being 'left alone'.