A report on Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.
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Epimeriidae
0 linksFamily of relatively large amphipods found in cold oceans around the world.
Family of relatively large amphipods found in cold oceans around the world.
Members of this family range from the intertidal zone to a depth of 5695 m, but overall mostly 150-2500 m and in the Southern Ocean mostly 100-700 m. The highest species richness is in the Southern Ocean south of the Antarctic Convergence, followed by deep parts of the Pacific Ocean, with only a few elsewhere, including the Magellanic region, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (both north and south) and Mediterranean Sea.
South East Cape
1 linksCape located at the southernmost point of the main island of Tasmania, the southernmost state of Australia.
Cape located at the southernmost point of the main island of Tasmania, the southernmost state of Australia.
South East Cape is one of the five southernmost capes that can be rounded by Southern Ocean sailors.
Winter Quarters Bay
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Winter Quarters Bay is a small cove of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, located 2,200 mi due south of New Zealand at 77°50'S. The harbor is the southernmost port in the Southern Ocean and features a floating ice pier for summer cargo operations.
Whaling
2 linksProcess of hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that became increasingly important in the Industrial Revolution.
Process of hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that became increasingly important in the Industrial Revolution.
More than 200 scientists and experts have opposed the compromise proposal for lifting the ban, and have also opposed allowing whaling in the Southern Ocean, which was declared a whale sanctuary in 1994.
Emperor penguin
4 linksTallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica.
Tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica.
The emperor penguin searches for prey in the open water of the Southern Ocean, in either ice-free areas of open water or tidal cracks in pack ice.
Laternula elliptica
0 linksSpecies of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Laternulidae, the lantern shells.
Species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Laternulidae, the lantern shells.
It is the largest bivalve found under the surface of the seabed in the Southern Ocean.
Gabriel de Castilla
0 linksSpanish explorer and navigator.
Spanish explorer and navigator.
Historians conjecture that they penetrated to a latitude of (64° S) in the Southern Ocean, south of Drake Passage.
Glyptonotus antarcticus
0 linksBenthic marine isopod crustacean in the suborder Valvifera.
Benthic marine isopod crustacean in the suborder Valvifera.
This relatively large isopod is found in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Petrel
0 linksPetrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.
Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.
It is dominant in the Southern Oceans, but not so in the Northern Hemisphere.
50th meridian west
0 linksThe meridian 50° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.