Natural wonders of Antarctica & the Poles

3 wonders

Every wonder in the atlas that sits in Antarctica & the Poles, across 2 countries. This region grows as the atlas expands.

Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Peninsula

The most accessible edge of the frozen continent — a realm of blue icebergs, glacier-hung mountains, and vast penguin colonies, where wildlife thrives amid staggering polar scenery.

Polar & ice Antarctica & the Poles
McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Antarctica

McMurdo Dry Valleys

Victoria Land, Antarctica

The largest ice-free area in Antarctica — around 4,500 square kilometres of bare rock and gravel where no significant snow or rain has fallen for close to two million years, and the closest thing on Earth to the surface of Mars.

Polar & ice Antarctica & the Poles
South Georgia, South Georgia, South Atlantic

South Georgia

South Georgia, South Atlantic

A remote, mountainous sub-Antarctic island where glaciers meet the sea and beaches heave with hundreds of thousands of king penguins and elephant seals — one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth.

Polar & ice Antarctica & the Poles