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D. The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60 degrees south latitude. It surrounds the Antarctic continent and has been subject to rapid climate change over the past 30 years.
C. An expedition led by Norway’s Roald Amundsen reached the geographic South Pole on Dec. 14, 1911. Britain’s Robert Scott and four others reached the pole 33 days later, but they all died on their trek back to their base camp. In all, 22 men died during Antarctic expeditions, including Shackleton in 1922 during his fourth journey.
A. In 1982, Argentina invaded the Britain’s Falkland and South Georgia islands in the South Atlantic off the tip of South America. After a 10-week undeclared war, Argentina surrendered and returned the islands to British control. But, Argentina still maintains that the islands are its territory.
D. Although its ice holds 70 percent of the world’s fresh freshwater, Antarctica is the world’s largest desert, with little precipitation over much of its 5.5 million square miles. The world’s coldest temperatures have been recorded in Antarctica, but the Antarctic Peninsula was the fastest-warming place on Earth in the last half of the 20th century.