antarctic
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The Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have both lost considerable mass, and the annual average extent of Arctic sea ice in 2025 was the lowest or second-lowest ever recorded in the satellite era.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
These movements occurred over tens of millions of years and gradually formed what scientists call the Antarctic gravity hole.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
They migrate thousands of kilometres to find stable sea ice during Antarctic summer to wait out what is called a "catastrophic moult" every year.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
But in 2022-24 Antarctic sea ice shrank significantly, largely down to climate change, depriving the birds of safe places to moult.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
They squeeze through Drake’s Passage, the gap between the tip of South America and the end of the Antarctic Peninsula, a distance of only 620 miles.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
