Antarctica: India's Journey to the Frozen Continent
Antarctica, a land of mystery and wonders, is the Earths last great wilderness. Fifty million years back, it had evergreen forests with many types of animals and plants. Today, the continent is a white desert -the coldest, driest, stormiest, windiest and the most inaccessible place in the world. A continent of extremes with nearly six months of continuous day and about six months of continuous night, its lowest temperature of -89.6°C and wind speeds up to 190 km per hour during blizzards make it a unique place on Earth. This no-mans continent has nearly 90 per cent of the worlds freshwater deposit in the form of ice. If the ice melts, the earth s sea level will rise by several meters, thus submerging a major part of the land under water. Indias journey to this remote and isolated continent began in search of knowledge and for unraveling its mystery.
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Dinabandhu Sahoo