subject: Antarctica: Storage Locker of Material Goods [print this page] These animals were flown to the South Pole and released. When they were released, they recognized that their surroundings were unfamiliar, located the sun, and set off for their home rookery on a straight and exact course.You can even find the largest creature to ever live on Planet Earth near Antarctica. Eating nearly one ton of shrimp daily, and weighing in at five times any past dinosaur, the great blue whale is nearing extinction. Lots more fish species live near Antarctica than in the Arctic Ocean. Ten percent of the bottom-dwelling fish found in Antarctica can be found somewhere else in the world. This bodes well for the importance of the Antarctic Convergence.
