Exploring Antarctica: The Last Continent

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This comprehensive educational video takes students on a virtual expedition to Antarctica, the Earth's highest, driest, windiest, and coldest continent. Narrated by Brian, the video covers a wide array of topics starting with the history of exploration, detailing the race to the South Pole between Amundsen and Scott, and the legendary survival story of Shackleton. It transitions into a scientific breakdown of the continent's geography, distinguishing between ice sheets, glaciers, ice shelves, and pack ice, while explaining the physics behind sea level rise in relation to melting land ice versus floating ice.