20 Super Cool Facts About Antarctica That’ll Blow You Away

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.

The Antarctica South Georgia Island is said to be more biologically diverse than the Galapagos.

Antarctica is claimed by 8 different countries and is technically "owned" by science.

You cannot work in Antarctica unless your wisdom teeth and appendix are removed.

Ancient turtle bones discovered in Antarctica reveal that 45 million years ago, it was a rain forest.

There are hot springs reaching 158°F in Antarctica.

Antarctica has 2 ATM’s. They were installed back in 2000 at the McMurdo Station, which is 840 miles from the south pole.

Researchers are practicing for a human mission to Mars by living in the heart of Antarctica to see the effects of extreme isolation.

In 1961, a Soviet surgeon named Leonid Rogozov removed his own appendix while stationed in 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.