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A virtual tour is available online [http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/] for the interested readers.  
A virtual tour is available online [http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/] for the interested readers.  
A nice account of the activities there is available at [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1997/antpanel/4past.htm].
Numerous countries have established their research stations [http://members.eunet.at/castaway/stations/aa-bases.html] in Antarctica.


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Revision as of 03:01, 27 November 2007

Antarctica has been in news recently for tourism hazards [1]. The southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole is situated in the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.

The visual treat [2] that it is often attracts more tourists, leading to a lot of environmental hazards.

A virtual tour is available online [3] for the interested readers.

A nice account of the activities there is available at [4].

Numerous countries have established their research stations [5] in Antarctica.