Explore: Antarctica

Watch: Grades 5-12
The leopard seal is one of the largest seal species and an apex predator. So, what could take one on? Another leopard seal! Join Wildlife Biologist and National Geographic Explorer Douglas Krause as he learns more about these formidable predators in the threatened Antarctic ecosystem.

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Time to go fishing! Join National Geographic researchers as they use the Crittercam to follow Emperor Penguins into the ocean as they hunt for a meal.

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To know how many penguins there are in Antarctica, you have to count them, one at a time. Join National Geographic researchers aboard the Endeavor as they gather data on the penguin populations of Antarctica.

Map: Grades K-12
Explore this map of Antarctica and the surrounding ocean floor to learn more about the Earth's southernmost continent.

Without its massive ice sheet, the land of Antarctica would look considerably different. Learn more about how ice shapes the continent with this infographic.

Watch: Grades 4-12
If life can exist in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, can it also be present on Mars? Learning more about organisms that live in extreme environments like Antarctica can teach us more about what kind of life we might find in even more extreme environments.

Watch: Grades 9-12
Photojournalist Paul Nicklen receives an unexpected gift from this major predator.

Watch: Grades 6-12
Learn how penguins propel themselves on to the ice, out of the water.

Watch: Grades 3-12
Go with the floe as Wild Chronicles and National Geographic’s Crittercam® team search for leopard seals in the Antarctic ice.

Watch: Grades 5-12
One hundred years ago Ernest Shackleton trekked across the glaciers of the Antarctic to discover new places. Today National Geographic Explorer Alizé Carrère treks across those same locations but with far fewer glaciers. Learn how our climate has changed over the last 100 years in this episode of Modern Explorer.

There are seven continents on Earth. Test your knowledge about Antarctica with this Kahoot!

From the Art for Kids hub, learn how to draw a realistic emperor penguin. You'll need a marker, paper, and colored pencils (black, grey, white, yellow, pink).

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Penguin Watch: Count penguins in remote regions to help us understand their lives and environment.

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Adélie penguins breed and raise their young on the continent of Antarctica. Thousands of Adélies gather on the rocky Antarctic shoreline each year. The huge gatherings are called colonies.

Emperor penguins spend their entire lives on Antarctic ice and in its waters. They survive—breeding, raising young, and eating—by relying on a number of clever adaptations.

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Move a group of small, shrimp-like animals called krill around the waters off Antarctica. But look out for predators, such as emperor penguins and blue whales, that see these krill as a tasty snack!

Conservation biologist Dee Boersma travels from the coasts of the Galápagos Islands to the icy Antarctic to study penguins. She talks to Nat Geo Kids about working in remote locations and sharing the planet with other animals.

Fun read aloud for Kindergarten and other littles about the lives and habitats of penguins.

Explore Through Reading: Grades K-12
Books have the ability to transport readers to faraway places. Explore a different part of the world through this curated reading list.