1Australia 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.
2Leonid Rogozov
In 1961, a Soviet surgeon named Leonid Rogozov removed his own appendix while stationed in Antarctica.
3Mars mission
Researchers are practicing for a human mission to Mars by living in the heart of Antarctica to see the effects of extreme isolation.
4ATM's
Antarctica has 2 ATM’s. They were installed back in 2000 at the McMurdo Station, which is 840 miles from the south pole.
5Hot springs
There are hot springs reaching 158°F in Antarctica.
6Ancient turtles
Ancient turtle bones discovered in Antarctica reveal that 45 million years ago, it was a rain forest.
7Working
You cannot work in Antarctica unless your wisdom teeth and appendix are removed.
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8Antarctica
Antarctica is claimed by 8 different countries and is technically "owned" by science.
9South Georgia Island
The Antarctica South Georgia Island is said to be more biologically diverse than the Galapagos.
10Travis McHenry
In 2001, an American named Travis McHenry claimed a huge chunk of previously unclaimed Antarctican peninsula as his own nation through a supposed loophole in the Antarctic Treaty.
