11Ancient turtles
Ancient turtle bones discovered in Antarctica reveal that 45 million years ago, it was a rain forest.
12Hot springs
There are hot springs reaching 158°F in Antarctica.
13ATM's
Antarctica has 2 ATM’s. They were installed back in 2000 at the McMurdo Station, which is 840 miles from the south pole.
14Mars mission
Researchers are practicing for a human mission to Mars by living in the heart of Antarctica to see the effects of extreme isolation.
15Leonid Rogozov
In 1961, a Soviet surgeon named Leonid Rogozov removed his own appendix while stationed in Antarctica.
16Australia and Antarctica
Australia has a claim to the largest territory of Antarctica, which is only a couple of million square kilometers smaller than the Australian continent itself.
