Russia / South Georgia / United Kingdom / Northern Ireland / /
Event
Environmental Issue / Extinction / /
Facility
Most plant / BAS Plant / NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory / centre of Antarctica / Canary Wharf / /
IndustryTerm
ice drilling equipment / food web characteristics / Food chains / heat energy / freshwater systems / substantial food supply / terrestrial food web / rigorous protocols / insufficient food / lake using satellite radar altimetry / energy sources / life detection systems / chemicals / remote sensing systems / energy / /
NaturalFeature
South Orkney Islands / Southern Ocean / Signy Island / Dry Valleys / Antarctica Lakes / Lake Vostok / lakes Freshwater / BAS Lakes / British Isles / /
Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration / /
Person
Victoria Land / /
Position
project leader of the international science team / /
Terrestrial ecosystems There are three reasons for this: • the Southern Ocean isolates Antarctica from other land masses from where colonising organisms must come; • within Antarctica, suitable ice-free sites for te