Exploration of Antarctica

The exploration of the Antarctica includes:

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Antarctica

Geography

Antarctic sea ice
Climate
- Climate change
Ice shelves
Geology
Glaciers
Mountains
Tundra
Volcanoes

Regions	Biogeographic realm Antarctic Peninsula East Antarctica ice sheet shield Extreme points Floristic Kingdom Islands South Pole South magnetic pole West Antarctica ice sheet
Bodies of Water	Antarctic/Southern Ocean Lake CECs Lake Mercer Lake Vostok List of rivers McMurdo Sound Ross Sea Weddell Sea
Life	Flora Microorganisms Wildlife Birds Mammals Krill

Politics

Society

Famous explorers

Category
Commons
Index

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Colonization, decolonization, and neocolonialism

By region

Exploration	Americas Africa Asia Oceania Antarctica — World oceans
Colonization	Americas Africa European colonies Asia Southeast Asia Oceania Antarctica
Decolonization	Americas Africa Asia Oceania

General
topics

Exploration	Maritime history (European) Age of Discovery
Colonization	Antiquity — Imperialism Chartered companies Interventionism Colonialism chronology history empires detribalization settler colonialism wars Current: Non-self-governing Dependent
Colonial empires in the modern era	Overseas, major: British Dutch French German Italian Portuguese Spanish Overseas, minor: American Australian Austro-Hungarian Belgian Couronian (Polish-Lithuanian) Danish New Zealand Norwegian Swedish Mostly contiguous: American Chinese Japanese Ottoman Russian South African
Decolonization	Wars of national liberation — Predecessors of sovereign states in Europe in South America Independence referendum Sovereign states formation dates
Postcolonialism	Independence Internal colonialism Nation-building Neocolonialism Postcolonial international relations
Related concepts	Decolonization of knowledge Terra nullius Plantation Settler Indigenous peoples Uncontacted peoples Christianity and colonialism

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