What animals live in the south pole?

Antarctica Animals. Antarctic animals - The most abundant and best known animals
from the southern continent. Penguins, whales seals,albatrosses, other seabirds
and a whole range of invertebrates you may have not heard of such as krill which
form the basis of the Antarctic food web.
What kind of plants and animals live in Antarctica?
Plants are similarly restricted mostly to the subantarctic islands, and the western
edge of the Peninsula. Some mosses and lichens however can be found even in the
dry interior. Many algae are found around Antarctica, especially phytoplankton,
which form the basis of many of Antarctica's food web

At least 235 marine species are found in both Antarctica and the Arctic, ranging in size
from whales and birds to small marine snails, sea cucumbers, and mud-dwelling worms.
The large animals often migrate between the two, and smaller animals are expected to
be able to spread via underwater currents.[7] Antarctic animals have adapted to reduce
heat loss, often developing warm windproof coats and layers of blubber

birds
The rocky shores of mainland Antarctica and its offshore islands provide nesting
space for over 100 million birds every spring. These nesters include species
of albatrosses, petrels,skuas, gulls and terns.[11] The insectivorous South Georgia
pipit is endemic to South Georgiaand some smaller surrounding islands. Freshwater
ducks inhabit South Georgia andKerguelen.[9]
The flightless penguins are all located in the Southern Hemisphere, with the greatest
concentration located on and around Antarctica. Four of the 18 penguin species live
and breed on the mainland and its close offshore islands. Another four species live
on the subantarctic islands.[12] Emperor penguins have four overlapping layers of
feathers, keeping them warm. They are the only Antarctic animal to breed during
the winter.[8]
MAMMALS
Seven pinniped species inhabit Antarctica. The largest, the elephant seal (Mirounga
leonina), can reach up to 4,000 kilograms (8,818 lb), while females of the smallest,
the Antarctic fur seal(Arctocephalus gazella), reach only 150 kilograms (331 lb).
These two species live north of the sea ice, and breed in harems on beaches. The
other four species can live on the sea ice.Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus)
and Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) form breeding colonies,
whereas leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) and Ross seals(Ommatophoca rossii) live
solitary lives. Although these species hunt underwater, they breed on land or ice
and spend a great deal of time there, as they have no terrestrial predators.[4]
The four species that inhabit sea ice are thought to make up 50% of the total
biomass of the world's seals.[14] Crabeater seals have a population of around 15
million, making them one of the most numerous large animals on the planet.
[15] The New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri), one of the rarest and most

localised pinnipeds, breeds almost exclusively on the subantarctic Auckland Islands,

although historically it had a wider range.[16] Out of all permanent mammalian
residents, the Weddell seals live the furthest south.[17]
There are 10 cetacean species found in the Southern Ocean; six baleen whales, and
four toothed whales. The largest of these, theblue whale (Balaenoptera musculus),
grows to 24 metres (79 ft) long weighing 84 tonnes. Many of these species
are migratory, and travel to tropical waters during the Antarctic winter.[18]
KINDS OF PENGUINS

There are 17 species grouped into 6 genera of Penguin worldwide

Stamps have been issued for all penguins, and each penguin has its own page.
There are also stamps illustrating predators, breeding habits and habitat.
Aptenodytes patagonicus

King Penguin

Aptenodytes fosterii

Emperor Penguin

Pygoscelis papua

Gentoo Penguin

Pygoscelis adeliae

Adelie Penguin

Pygoscelis antarctica

Chinstrap Penguin

Eudyptes pachyrhynchus

Fiordland Penguin

Eudyptes robustus

Snares Penguin

Eudyptes sclateri

Erect-crested Penguin

Eudyptes chrysocome

Rockhopper Penguin

Eudyptes schlegeli

Royal Penguin

Eudyptes chrysolophus

Macaroni Penguin

Megadyptes antipodes

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Eudyptula minor

Little Penguin

Spheniscus demersus

Jackass Penguin

Spheniscus humboldti

Humboldt Penguin

Spheniscus magellanicus

Magellanic Penguin

Spheniscus mendiculus

Galapagos Penguin

KINDS OF ANIMALS LIVE IN ANTARTICA

Antarctica Animals. Antarctic animals - The most abundant and best known animals from the southern continent.
Penguins, whales seals, albatrosses, other seabirds and a whole range of invertebrates you may have not heard of
such as krill which form the basis of the Antarctic food web
What kind of plants and animals live in Antarctica?
Plants are similarly restricted mostly to the subantarctic islands, and the western edge of the Peninsula.
Some mosses and lichens however can be found even in the dry interior. Many algae are found around Antarctica,
especially phytoplankton, which form the basis of many of Antarctica's food webs
What kind of birds live in Antarctica?
There are 46 species of birds in Antarctica, including Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Petrels, Storm-Petrels,
Diving petrels, Cormorants, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Ducks, Geese and Swans, Sheathbills,Skuas and
Jaegers, Gulls, Terns; these too have waterproof feathers on top of downy insulating feathers

Famous animal
Antarctica Animals -South Polar. Antarctic animals - The most abundant and best known
animals from the southern continent. Penguins, hwalesseals, albatrosses, other seabirds and a
whole range of invertebrates you may have not heard of such as krill which form the basis of the
Antarctic food web

Kinds of seals
About Antarctica: Seals. Seals. Although there are 35 species of seals, only six types live in
Antarctica: Antarctic Fur Seals, Crabeater Seals, Leopard Seals, Ross Seals, and Weddell
Seals. However, these six speciesmake up the majority of the world's sea

volcanoes
Only two volcanoes in Antarctica are active. There is Mount Erebus, which is roughly due
south of New Zealand, and Deception Island, which lies about 850km south east of Cape Horn.
Mt Erebus has been erupting continuously over the last few decades.Apr 7, 2015
Famous volcano in antartica
Mount Erebus volcano, located on the western half of Ross Island, Antarctica, is the world's
southernmost historically active volcano and famous for its active boiling lava lake.Dec 8, 2014

Top cities in
Antarctica, page 1, based on
popularity among TravBuddy
members.
Sorting
by: Popularity | Alphabetical

on the west coast of Graham Land. It

is one of only two venues used for
cruise ships to stop on the continent;
the other is Pa
1travelers 2blogs

Neko Harbor#1 most popular

Deception Island#2 most popular

location
Neko Harbour is a harbour in
Antarctica on Andvord Bay, situated
Deception Island is one of the first
'safe havens' after the drake, but 'safe'
can be a real deception. Inside
it can storm as well! Volcanic pressure
on Deception Island resulted in a
trem
4travelers 3blogs
Port Lockroy#3 most popular
location
Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on
the Antarctic Peninsula of the British
Antarctic Territory. After its discovery
in 1903 by the French Antarctic
Expedition it was used for whaling and
Bri
2travelers 3blogs
Antarctica#4 most popular location
26travelers 1reviews 1blogs
Vernadsky#5 most popular location

location

The station was established by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
as Base F or "Argentine Islands" on
Winter Island in 1947. The main hut,
built on the site of an earlier British
Graham
3travelers 1reviews 2blogs
Lemaire Channel#6 most popular
location
Lemaire Channel is a strait off
Antarctica, located between the
mainland's Antarctic Peninsula and
Booth Island. Nicknamed "Kodak Gap"
by some, it is one of the top tourist
destinations in An
1blogs
antartica#7 most popular location

110travelers 1blogs

Cuverville Island#8 most popular

location
2blogs

Half Moon Island#9 most popular

location
2blogs

Petermann Island#10 most popular

location
Petermann Island is a small island just
off the west side of the Antarctic
Peninsula of Antarctica, located at 65
deg 10 min S, 64 deg 10 min W, just a
short distance south of Booth Island
an
1travelers 1blogs

South Shetland Islands#11 most

popular location
The Dutchman Dirck Gerritsz in 1599,
or the Spaniard Gabriel de Castilla in
1603 travelled through these Antarctic
lands, both of them supposedly sailing
south of the Drake Passage in the
Sou
2travelers 2blogs
Aitcho Islands#12 most popular
location
The Aitcho Islands (Aitcho standing
for H.O. i.e. Hydrographic Office) are
a group of minor islands in the north
entrance to English Strait separating
Greenwich Island and R
1blogs
Elephant Island#13 most popular
location
This island is comprised of rugged
mountains and glaciers rising from the
frigid Antarctic waters. No humans
inhabit the island, but you will have a
chance to see penguins and elephant
seals
10travelers 1blogs
Videla (Chilean base)#14 most
popular location
Gonzlez Videla Base, on the Antarctic
mainland's Paradise Bay, is named
after Chilean President Gabriel
Gonzlez Videla, who in the 1940s

became the first chief of state of any

nation to v
1blogs

McMurdo Station#15 most popular

location
McMurdo Station Antarctica is the
largest year round station on the
continent. It sits on Ross Island which
is in the Ross sea, on the opposite side
of the continent from the penninsula.
McMu
5travelers 6blogs
Trinity Island#16 most popular
location
Trinity Island or le de la Trinit or Isla
Trinidad is an island 15 miles long and
6 miles wide in the northern part of
the Palmer Archipelago. Trinity Island
is located at 6345S, 60
1blogs
Wilhelmina Bay#17 most popular
location
1blogs
Weddell Sea#18 most popular
location
1blogs
Hannah Point#19 most popular
location
One of the best wildlife sites in the
Antarctic, provides an opportunity to
see chinstrap, gentoo, and macaroni
penguins; giant petrels, blue-eyed
shags, skuas, Wilsons storm petrels:
and
1blogs
Melchior Island#20 most popular
location
1blogs
Cierva Cove#21 most popular
location
1blogs
Snow Island#22 most popular
location
1blogs
Paulet Island#23 most popular
location
Paulet Island, a volcanic caldera, lies
at the northerastern tip of the
Antarctic Peninsula in the path of giant

tabular icebergs spinning off the

Weddell Sea through "Iceberg Alley."

Paulet

Average Weight: 30kg - 66lb

Average Height: 115cm - 3.8ft
Breeding Season: April - December - Emperors breed in the depth of the Antarctic winter. The
average temperature is around -20C (-4F) falling as low as -50C (- 58F) and with winds that gust
up to 200km per hour (124mph).
Reproduction: Emperor Penguins breed almost exclusively on sea-ice near to the coast of
Antarctica, rarely on land, the breeding colonies can be up to 200 km from the open sea.
EMPEROR
Estimated world population: - 595,000, stable.
Feeding: Eat mainly fish in Antarctica, also krill and squid which can be more important in some
places.
Conservation status: Near threatened..
Distributionn: Circumpolar, breed right up against the continent.
Predators: Leopard seals and killer whales- main predators of adult birds. Skuas - prey on eggs and
chicks.

Top cities in Antarctica, page 1,

based on popularity among
TravBuddy members.
Sorting
by: Popularity | Alphabetical

on the west coast of Graham Land. It

is one of only two venues used for
cruise ships to stop on the continent;
the other is Pa
1travelers 2blogs

Neko Harbor#1 most popular

Deception Island#2 most popular

location
Neko Harbour is a harbour in
Antarctica on Andvord Bay, situated
Deception Island is one of the first
'safe havens' after the drake, but 'safe'
can be a real deception. Inside
it can storm as well! Volcanic pressure
on Deception Island resulted in a
trem
4travelers 3blogs
Port Lockroy#3 most popular
location
Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on
the Antarctic Peninsula of the British
Antarctic Territory. After its discovery
in 1903 by the French Antarctic
Expedition it was used for whaling and
Bri
2travelers 3blogs
Antarctica#4 most popular location
26travelers 1reviews 1blogs
Vernadsky#5 most popular location
The station was established by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
as Base F or "Argentine Islands" on
Winter Island in 1947. The main hut,
built on the site of an earlier British
Graham
3travelers 1reviews 2blogs
Lemaire Channel#6 most popular
location
Lemaire Channel is a strait off
Antarctica, located between the
mainland's Antarctic Peninsula and
Booth Island. Nicknamed "Kodak Gap"
by some, it is one of the top tourist
destinations in An
1blogs
antartica#7 most popular location

location

110travelers 1blogs

Cuverville Island#8 most popular

location
2blogs

Half Moon Island#9 most popular

location
2blogs

Petermann Island#10 most popular

location
Petermann Island is a small island just
off the west side of the Antarctic
Peninsula of Antarctica, located at 65
deg 10 min S, 64 deg 10 min W, just a
short distance south of Booth Island
an
1travelers 1blogs

South Shetland Islands#11 most

popular location
The Dutchman Dirck Gerritsz in 1599,
or the Spaniard Gabriel de Castilla in
1603 travelled through these Antarctic
lands, both of them supposedly sailing
south of the Drake Passage in the
Sou
2travelers 2blogs
Aitcho Islands#12 most popular
location
The Aitcho Islands (Aitcho standing
for H.O. i.e. Hydrographic Office) are
a group of minor islands in the north
entrance to English Strait separating
Greenwich Island and R

1blogs

1blogs

Elephant Island#13 most popular

Wilhelmina Bay#17 most popular

location
This island is comprised of rugged
mountains and glaciers rising from the
frigid Antarctic waters. No humans
inhabit the island, but you will have a
chance to see penguins and elephant
seals
10travelers 1blogs
Videla (Chilean base)#14 most
popular location
Gonzlez Videla Base, on the Antarctic
mainland's Paradise Bay, is named
after Chilean President Gabriel
Gonzlez Videla, who in the 1940s
became the first chief of state of any
nation to v
1blogs

location
1blogs

McMurdo Station#15 most popular

location
McMurdo Station Antarctica is the
largest year round station on the
continent. It sits on Ross Island which
is in the Ross sea, on the opposite side
of the continent from the penninsula.
McMu
5travelers 6blogs
Trinity Island#16 most popular
location
Trinity Island or le de la Trinit or Isla
Trinidad is an island 15 miles long and
6 miles wide in the northern part of
the Palmer Archipelago. Trinity Island
is located at 6345S, 60

Weddell Sea#18 most popular

location
1blogs

Hannah Point#19 most popular

location
One of the best wildlife sites in the
Antarctic, provides an opportunity to
see chinstrap, gentoo, and macaroni
penguins; giant petrels, blue-eyed
shags, skuas, Wilsons storm petrels:
and
1blogs
Melchior Island#20 most popular
location
1blogs
Cierva Cove#21 most popular
location
1blogs
Snow Island#22 most popular
location
1blogs
Paulet Island#23 most popular
location
Paulet Island, a volcanic caldera, lies
at the northerastern tip of the
Antarctic Peninsula in the path of giant
tabular icebergs spinning off the
Weddell Sea through "Iceberg Alley."
Paulet

Famous volcano in antartica

Mount Erebus volcano, located on the western half of Ross Island, Antarctica, is the world's
southernmost historically active volcano and famous for its active boiling lava lake.Dec 8, 2014

Famous animal
Antarctica Animals -South Polar. Antarctic animals - The most abundant and best known
animals from the southern continent. Penguins, hwalesseals, albatrosses, other seabirds and a
whole range of invertebrates you may have not heard of such as krill which form the basis of the
Antarctic food web

Kinds of seals
About Antarctica: Seals. Seals. Although there are 35 species of seals, only six types live in
Antarctica: Antarctic Fur Seals, Crabeater Seals, Leopard Seals, Ross Seals, and Weddell
Seals. However, these six speciesmake up the majority of the world's sea

volcanoes
Only two volcanoes in Antarctica are active. There is Mount Erebus, which is roughly due
south of New Zealand, and Deception Island, which lies about 850km south east of Cape Horn.
Mt Erebus has been erupting continuously over the last few decades.Apr 7, 2015
Famous volcano in antartica
Mount Erebus volcano, located on the western half of Ross Island, Antarctica, is the world's
southernmost historically active volcano and famous for its active boiling lava lake.Dec 8, 2014