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Antarctic Ocean: see Southern Ocean Southern Ocean or Antarctic Ocean, name sometimes given to those parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans that surround Antarctica S of roughly 60°S. ..... Click the link for more information. . Antarctic Ocean the sea surrounding Antarctica, consisting of the most southerly parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans Antarctic Ocean [‚ant′ärd·ik ‚ō·shən] (geography) A circumpolar ocean belt including those portions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans which reach the Antarctic continent and are bounded on the north by the Subtropical Convergence; not recognized as a separate ocean. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Knecht's exhaustive research whisks his reader to the Antarctic Ocean, where an Australian patrol boat pursues an unidentified fishing vessel through storms and around icebergs. I concentrated on the positive rather than worrying about things that could go wrong," she says, "I saw graceful whales dipping In and out of the Antarctic Ocean and eerieil and scapes of snow and ice lit but the sun. Meanwhile in the Antarctic Ocean, a half-world away, another kind of optical fabrication is going on--just as it has for hundreds of millions of years. |
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