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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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