Across
- 5. Population of Antarctica
- 6. The only permanent settlements
- 11. Warm-blooded animals rely on this to insulate them from the cold
- 12. Before 1840, Antarctica was called this
- 15. This will last from May through August in Antarctica
- 17. A pristine lake buried beneath 2.5 miles of solid ice
- 18. The average thickness of Antarctic ice
- 20. Antarctica contains _____% of the ice in the world
- 22. There are none of these in Antarctica
- 24. One of the longest mountain ranges on Earth
Down
- 1. Water vapor does this to form tiny ice crystals that fall to the ground
- 2. If the West Antarctic Ice sheet melted entirely, it would raise sea levels by this much
- 3. The continent is roughly ________________ million square miles
- 4. On December 1, 1959 The Antarctic Treaty was signed to dedicate the continent to ___________________ research
- 7. The water is so cold that nothing can _____
- 8. The southernmost active volcanoes on the planet
- 9. Summer only lasts from December to ________________
- 10. A tiny crustacean that is the main food source for baleen whales
- 13. The most abundant land animal on Antarctica
- 14. Antarctica is the _______ largest continent
- 16. The Antarctic Circle like at about this many degrees south latitude
- 19. Nearly 30 countries operate more than 80 _______________ stations around Antarctica
- 21. 98% of Antarctica is covered in this
- 23. It is almost completely _____________ during the winter months