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antarctica

/æntˈɑɹ(k)tɪkə/

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What does antarctica mean?

proper noun

  1. The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
  2. the Antarctic

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/æntˈɑɹ(k)tɪkə/

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/ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪkə/
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More than any of their predecessors, these men had succeeded in raising the veil that lay over "Antarctica."
Roald AmundsenThe South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1Translated by Arthur G. ChaterProject Gutenberg ebook #3414
No connection, and this is important, is indicated between Antarctica and either Africa or Madagascar.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
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It is because these two favoured domains have for special reasons attracted the stream of exploration that the major portion of Antarctica is unknown.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
Consultative (voting) members include the seven nations that claim portions of Antarctica as national territory (some claims overlap) and 19 nonclaimant nations.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1993 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #87
The accounts which follow on these very practical points show how closely scientific work in the Antarctica is in touch with, and helps on the economic development of, the inhabited lands to the north.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199