Speaking of weather, Antarctica has a reputation for some of the harshest weather in the world.
Antarctica is the southernmost continent, situated on the South Pole. About 98% of the continent is covered with ice!
Some scientists living near the South Pole are putting the continent's notorious weather to good use. They've established the world's southern-most power-generating wind farm, in earth's most wind-prone region. A wind farm is just an area of land containing a group of energy-producing windmills or wind turbines.
Dan Corbett shows us.
Instructional Links
Website Article & Web Cam: Antarctica New Zealand, Scott Base
http://antarcticanz.govt.nz/scott-base/current-conditions
Magazine Article: Scholastic SuperScience, Catching the Wind, April, 2015
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Website: Kid Wind Project, Learn about Wind
http://learn.kidwind.org/learn
Website Article: Enchanted Learning, Antarctica