It’s the Newest Ocean on the Map For centuries, cartographers and scientists debated whether the waters surrounding ...
The IBCSO project and others like it around the world are gradually filling ... This is paying dividends. The new map covers all the Southern Ocean floor poleward of 50 degrees South.
The Southern Ocean, which circles the globe without being blocked by land, is home to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the longest of the world's ocean currents. Also known as the "channel ...
The Southern Ocean surrounds Antarctica and, like the Arctic Ocean, is very cold. Pupils could work to label a world map, showing the locations of the five oceans and could carry out research to ...