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This book attempts to synthesise and convey to the reader the whole world of Antarctica, a cold, ice-bound, uninhabited and still poorly understood region, without pretence of exhaustiveness. It stretches across the Antarctic continent and the Southern Ocean with its many islands. The unique landscapes of the region, extraordinary adventures of people, stories of desperate pioneers, incredible scientific research, threatening global problems, the beauty of living pristine nature, and vivid sensations of travelling by ocean will help you to immerse yourself in a journey through the amazing world of ice and snow.

The book is based on the author's vivid impressions of his big dream and an exciting journey to the Ukrainian station «Academician Vernadsky» in Antarctica. The text is full of a lot of information related to the continent: from how people found the southern land 200 years ago to how to get to the continent in our time; from picturesque descriptions of the world around us in Antarctica to explanations of complex processes that directly affect every inhabitant of the planet.