Life at the Poles
How these connect
REGION_SOUTHERN_OCEAN and what it relates to. Every line is an evidence-backed relation, and the arrangement is fixed — this address draws this picture, today and next year.
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- Expand Antarctica — 7 more
- Expand Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) — 5 more
- Expand Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) — 1 more
- Expand Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) — 1 more
Every relation drawn, in words4
- Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) · located_in · REGION_SOUTHERN_OCEAN
The species is circumpolar within the Southern Ocean and is not found north of the Antarctic Polar Front in any quantity.
- REGION_SOUTHERN_OCEAN · adjacent_to · Antarctica
The Southern Ocean surrounds the continent on every side and there is no land connection to any other landmass.
- Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) · travelled_to · REGION_SOUTHERN_OCEAN
The tracked birds wintered in the Southern Ocean pack-ice zone, making this the only animal in the pack that uses both polar systems in the same year.
- Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) · located_in · REGION_SOUTHERN_OCEAN
It is circumpolar on Antarctic coastal fast ice and is the southernmost breeding mammal on Earth.