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- What music do they listen to in Antarctica?
- Is there music in Antarctica?
- Is there a piano in Antarctica?
- How many living things live in Antarctica?
- What flag is Antarctica?
- What is the culture in Antarctica?
- What countries are in Antarctica?
- What comes into your mind whenever you hear Antarctica?
- Is Ludovico Einaudi a composer?
- Do rats live in Antarctica?
- Who Discovered Antarctica?
- Does Antarctica have a airport?
- Has anyone been born in Antarctica?
What music do they listen to in Antarctica?
There is a degree of randomness in the nature of Antarctic community music at any given base in any given year, depending on who is there. It may be country, jazz, folk, pop, rock, reggae, funk, blues, singer-songwriter, and sometimes classical.
Is there music in Antarctica?
When you visit Antarctica, music isn't the first thing that comes to mind. One of the most striking things about it is its very lack of sound. There are no revving cars, or people barking into mobile phones. There aren't even trees for the wind to rustle.
Is there a piano in Antarctica?
In its new display on domestic keyboard instruments, 'At Home With Music', the Horniman Museum has been making something of a piano of the type taken to the Antarctic by Robert Falcon Scott on his first expedition, the British National Antarctic Expedition (also known as the Discovery expedition) of 1901-4.
How many living things live in Antarctica?
At least 235 marine species are found in both Antarctica and the Arctic, ranging in size from whales and birds to small marine snails, sea cucumbers, and mud-dwelling worms. The large animals often migrate between the two, and smaller animals are expected to be able to spread via underwater currents.
What flag is Antarctica?
Antarctica has no universally-recognized flag as the condominium that governs the continent has not yet formally selected one, although some individual Antarctic programs have formally adopted True South as the flag of the continent. Dozens of unofficial designs have also been proposed.
What is the culture in Antarctica?
With Antarctica lacking any permanent residents, there is no unique culture here, but visitors can learn more about the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration by visiting the former whaling station at South Georgia.
What countries are in Antarctica?
There are no countries in Antarctica, although seven nations claim different parts of it: New Zealand, Australia, France, Norway, the United Kingdom, Chile, and Argentina. The Antarctic also includes island territories within the Antarctic Convergence.
What comes into your mind whenever you hear Antarctica?
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear Antarctica or Greenland? If you're like most people, the answer is probably ice and lots of it. ... In 2012, Russian scientists extended the ice core to an incredible 3,768 meters, reaching Lake Vostok underneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Is Ludovico Einaudi a composer?
Ludovico Einaudi is an Italian composer and pianist. He was born on 23 November 1955 in Turin and studied music at the Turin and Milan Conservatoires.
Do rats live in Antarctica?
Some of the most common mammals that have been transplanted to Antarctica include chickens, rats, sheep, pigs, reindeer, mice, cats, rabbits and cattle. Fish have also been brought from other areas. ... No introduced mammals live on the Antarctic Continent in this day and age.
Who Discovered Antarctica?
The first confirmed sighting of mainland Antarctica, on 27 January 1820, is attributed to the Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, discovering an ice shelf at Princess Martha Coast that later became known as the Fimbul Ice Shelf.
Does Antarctica have a airport?
Air transport
Runways and helicopter pads have to be kept snow free to ensure safe take off and landing conditions. Antarctica has 20 airports, but there are no developed public-access airports or landing facilities.
Has anyone been born in Antarctica?
Eleven babies have been born in Antarctica, and none of them died as infants. Antarctica therefore has the lowest infant mortality rate of any continent: 0%. What's crazier is why the babies were born there in the first place. These weren't unplanned births.
