Antarctica: The Alien Continent (4K)

On the dark, secluded underside of our planet, we find its most alien continent, Antarctica. A frozen desert larger than Europe, lying atop a sheet containing more than 90% of the world’s ice. But buried beneath this frosty surface, lie fossils and relics from an age where Antarctica was wildly different- covered not by ice, but by forests of trees. Today, we will relive that story as we unravel the continent’s rich history; how it transformed from an oasis of life, into the largest desert on the planet, Antarctica. Join my Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/sea Merchandise: https://the-sea-store.creator-spring.com You can now support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sea_media Patrons get ad-free access to videos, and also get early access sneak peaks! Alternatively, you can become a channel member through YouTube: https://youtube.com/seaMedia/join SOUNDTRACK: "Black Star" - Lustmord Song: https://lustmord.bandcamp.com/track/black-star Artist: https://lustmord.bandcamp.com “Frozen in Darkness, the Shadowed Halls Underscore” - CO.AG ‘Futuristic Alien Videogame Music” - StoryBlocks Media “Incredulity” by Scott Buckley (Creative Commons 4.0 International License): Song: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/incredulity/ Artist: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/ “Frozen City, Mysterious Fantasy Orchestra” - StoryBlocks Media “If you love me” - CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq1FJ_S73tg “This Machine Managed to Trick Time” - CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxQtQJ8wiyQ “Delay Time” - CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JVunbxm1MI “Mysterious Darkness, Reveal Fear” - StoryBlocks Media FOOTAGE: The space scenes in this video were captured using SpaceEngine Pro, a virtual universe simulator: http://spaceengine.org/ Get SpaceEngine on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/314650/SpaceEngine/ Multiple graphic sequences were provided by Storyblocks.com NSF McMurdo Tour “A Little Tour of McMurdo”, by @JoeSpinstheGlobe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hww2trxgLo Ross Island Ariel Pan, By Iban Ameztoy on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvYBpSMPhgY MIT’s Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Science Department’s Simulation of the West Wing Drift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui2rJf3R7q0 ESA Animation of Magnetic Antarctica sliding apart: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Swarm/Antarctica_s_magnetic_link_to_ancient_neighbours Colossal Squid Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzPoG9H8Hlo Bill Clinton’s Address of Potential Life Signs in Alan Hills 84001, by clintonlibrary42 on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHhZQWAtWyQ SOURCES OF INFORMATION: "Antarctica", Britannica Encyclopaedia for Statistics & History: https://www.britannica.com/place/Antarctica   ABC News, Antarctic Wildlife & Marine Life [Accessed May 2025]: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/nuyina-scientists-collect-antarctic-sea-creatures-denman-glacier/105130020   Antarctica Educational Resource - National Geographic [Accessed April 2025]: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/antarctica/   "Antarctic Peninsula", Britannica Encyclopaedia [Accessed April/May 2025]: https://www.britannica.com/place/Antarctic-Peninsula   "New Map of the Landscape Beneath Antarctica Unveiled", British Antarctic Survey [Accessed April 2025]: https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/new-map-of-landscape-beneath-antarctica-unveiled/   Ebbing J. et al., "East Antarctica Magnetically Linked to Its Neighbours in Gondwana", Nature [Accessed April 2025] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84834-1   NSF McMurdo Statistics & Fact Sheet: https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/ail/mcmurdo-station   "Ice Shelf Holding Back Keystone Antarctic Glacier Within Years of Failure", Science.org [Accessed April/May 2025] https://www.science.org/content/article/ice-shelf-holding-back-keystone-antarctic-glacier-within-years-failure CHAPTERS: 0:00 The Seventh Continent 3:48 The Southern Ocean 5:55 The Great Ice Sheet 7:14 West Antarctica 9:21 East Antarctica 11:52 Gondwana: Antarctica’s Past 15:38 Ross Island 16:44 Race to the South Pole 19:34 Little America Bases 21:37 McMurdo Station 23:53 Alien Environments in Antarctica 28:36 The Doomsday Glacier Antarctica, Largest Desert on Earth South Pole, Southern Ocean, Upwelling Antarctic Krill, Whales, Orcas, Penguins, Birds, Squid, Leopard Seals, Extremophiles, Moss, Fungi Coldest Temperature, Ice Sheet Antarctica No Ice, Antarctic Peninsula Vinson Massif, Southern Andes, Transantarctic, Mt. Kirkpatrick, Queen Alexandra Range, Dinosaurs, Antarctic Dinosaur Bones, Hanson Formation, Gondwana, Glossopteris, Beardmore Glacier, Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Island Heroic Age, Antarctic Expedition, Discovery, Race to the South Pole Little America, McMurdo Station, McMurdo Sound, Mt. Erebus, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica Meteorite Lake Vostok, Europa Moon, Thwaites Glacier, Doomsday Glacier, Climate Change