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Antarctica is larger than or Europe and encompasses 10 percent of the world’s land mass. Withstanding temperatures falling to minus 89 degrees Celsius coupled with wind speeds that can mount to upwards of 192 mph, Antarctica is an immense and inhospitable area. Antarctica is bordered all around by the Southern Ocean.
The waters off Antarctica are nutrient rich and provide sustenance for innumerable penguins, whales, seals, dolphins, fish and various species of flying birds. Schools of micro forage, more commonly known as krill, grow in vast quantities beneath the massive ice shelves of the Antarctic. Krill, also used for human purposes in Japan, is the primary diet for seals, whales, and penguins.