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    Location
    South of 60 degrees latitude.

    Area
    13,661,000 sq km (5,274,126 sq miles).

    Time
    Strictly speaking, Antarctica operates on GMT + 0 time, but bases and stations in Antarctica tend to keep the time of their home territory.

    Contact Information:

    British Antarctic Survey in the UK
    High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
    Tel: (01223) 221 400.
    Website: www.antarctica.ac.uk

    International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators in the USA
    PO Box 2178, Basalt, CO 81621, USA
    Tel: (970) 704 1047.
    Website: www.iaato.org


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