the world’s lowest elevation not under sea water. The highest point on Antarctica is the Vinson Massif that is 4897 metres above sea level. The natural resources found on and near Antarctica are iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and other minerals, and coal and hydrocarbons, krill, finfish, crab, whales, seals, and penguins.

Antarctica has been thought to be the only place not to be polluted and disturbed by humans. Well this is not true due to more than a hundred years ago, the human race has already started going and landing on Antarctica, but there weren’t only footprints left and photos taken. The soil of Antarctica was contaminated, sewage was discharged into the sea and rubbish was left there. The world is surely warming up and scientists are founding out is it due to human activity like causing pollution but if the Earth keeps on warming up then the ice caps may melt and cause the sea level rise due to the amount of water that is frozen there which is about 68% of the world’s freshwater reserve. Also the global warming may cause parts of ice shelves to break off and cause loss of habitat for animals. Ozone depletion is caused by lots of things and one of the causes is the production of CFCs that ruins the ozone layer. The ozone layer being ruined may make holes or it will make it thinner and this will cause more Ultra-Violet radiation to be let through and the radiation can kill the Phytoplankton, which plays a very important in the food chain of Antarctica and the decrease in numbers o

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Vinson Massif, Survival Antarctica, East Antarctica, , Subglacial Trench, sea level, food chain, McMurdo Sound, species animals, due human activity, nearly extinct, seals whales, temperature antarctica, ozone layer, plant life, near antarctica, antarctica animals,