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	ANTARCTICA : Encyclopedia Entry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Antarctic Peninsula was formed by uplift and metamorphism of sea-bed sediments during the late Paleozoic and the early Mesozoic eras.
		The Antarctic fur seal was very heavily hunted in the 18th and 19th centuries for its pelt by sealers from the United States and the United Kingdom.
		Antarctic krill, which congregates in large schools, is the keystone species of the ecosystem of the Southern Ocean, and is an important food organism for whales, seals, leopard seals, fur seals, squid, icefish, penguins, albatrosses and many other birds.
	bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Antarctica (5122 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Magellanic subpolar forests (NT0402)
		The region remains heavily glaciated and prone to avalanches.
		Lapis-colored lakes are set like stones in this mosaic of Antarctic beech forests, Patagonian steppe, and coastal and inland islands.
		Deep in the Antarctic beech forest, the we-we-do call of an elegant crested-tinamou attracts the attention of a puma, but the tinamou is much too fast a prey for this large cat.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0402.html (474 words)

	The WE - State of Planet - Antarctic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Antarctic is the sea and land that lies within both the Antarctic convergence and the inner Polar Circle.
		The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), formerly the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), is an institute of the Natural Environment Research Council, and has, for the last fifty years, undertaken the majority of Britain's scientific research on and around the Antarctic continent.
		With spectacular surrounding mountains, glaciated peaks disappearing into the mist and clouds, this is the playground of the Antarctic for its animal inhabitants.
	www.thewe.cc /weplanet/poles/antarcti/antarctic.html (4593 words)

	Nothofagus moorei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Antarctic Beech is a tall tree with brown, scaly bark.
		Antarctic Beech inhabits cool-temperate rainforests on the north coast and northern tablelands of New South Wales as well as southern Queensland.
		The Antarctic Beech is probably best left in its natural habitat where it may be admired on a visit to New England National Park.
	www.yallaroo.com.au /Nothofagus_moorei.htm (187 words)

	Border Ranges National Park : NSW Australia
		Antarctic Beech Picnic Area has a northern outlook over Grady's Creek and the NSW-Queensland border to Lamington National Park.
		Bar Mountain Picnic Area is the highest point on the caldera and is surrounded by a stand of cool temperate rainforest dominated by Antarctic Beech trees.
		Buttressed booyong forests, bangalow palms, red cedar trees, brushbox, Antarctic beech (some as old as 2000 years) and giant hoop pines are just some of the diverse vegetation within the park.
	www.tropicalnsw.com.au /nationalparks/border.html (1721 words)

	Australian Antarctic Division - Antarctic Geology
		Deep waters exist between land units and the West Antarctic ice sheet, which can be considered to a be floating ice mass, held in place by land peaks.
		The Antarctic ice cover is, on average, 2.5 kilometres thick and this means that very little of the land is accessible for exploration, so work would have to take place under the ice sheet.
		Nations of the Antarctic Treaty System agreed in 1991 to put a halt to the exploitation of minerals when they signed a comprehensive Protocol on Environmental Protection (the Madrid Protocol), which banned mining in Antarctica indefinitely.
	www.aad.gov.au /default.asp?casid=751 (895 words)

	Southern Beech Nothofagaceae Nothofagus moorei (F. Muell.) Krasser Nothofagus ...
		Southern Beech Nothofagaceae Nothofagus moorei (F. Muell.) Krasser Nothofagus obliqua (Mirb.) Oerst.
		Nothofagus moorei, commonly known as the Antarctic Beech, is an evergreen Australian species that occurs from northern New South Wales to southern Queensland.
		Nothofagus obliqua, commonly known as the Roble Beech, occurs in central Chile and a small adjacent area of Argentina.
	www.bluemts.com.au /MountTomah/weeklyplant/1999/aug99/southernbeech.htm (266 words)

	Wings Magazine - February, 1980
		To protect the aircraft from the heavy snow gales of the long (123 days) Antarctic winter night, hangars were constructed from blocks of snow, much like Eskimos build their igloos.
		The landing was made on the previously untried, and still uncompleted dirt airstrip, but compared to Petras' adventures in the Antarctic Beech, it may have seemed routine.
		Twin-engined Beech Model 18s similar to the one that Petras had landed on New Britain would, after World War II, be used like Ted Petras's Staggerwing for exploratory flights in Antarctica.
	www.joeld.net /snowcruiser/wings_feb_1980.html (5197 words)

	Life in the Treetops
		Antarctic beech was my third study species, which enabled me to ask questions about how monocultures protect themselves from insect epidemics.
		Antarctic beech exhibited a slightly temperate leafing pattern (like its American beech relatives), where approximately half of the leaves emerged every spring (September-October) and half senesced in autumn (April-June).
		With this massive flush of new foliage, some opportunistic herbivore had adapted its life cycle to invade the beech canopies at the appropriate time and devour the tender new leaves.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/l/lowman-treetops.html (4885 words)

	Mark Nemeth Gallery Online [Antarctic Beech Lamington] Panoramic Australian Landscapes Limited Edition Photographic ...
		This Antarctic Beech (Nothofagus moorei) tree is growing near the top of Mt Bithongabel at an elevation of about 1200 metres.
		Antarctic Beech grow up to 40 metres high, with a trunk of up to 1.5 metres wide.
		There are also many new shoots and trunks growing from the butt of the original tree giving the Antarctic Beech its twisted knarled appearance.
	www.marknemeth.com.au /gallery/rainforest/rainforest_7.html (348 words)

	2001 Queensland Term Wildlife Field Guide
		Moss and the Beech orchid are often found growing on the trunk of the Antarctic Beech.
		The beech can also undergo stem sprout regeneration, which is especially useful after fire damage.
		If a beech stand is affected by severe fire, fire-tolerant species will invade making beech seedling regeneration impossible.
	people.hws.edu /fieldguide/show.asp?ID=94 (267 words)

	Beagle Channel
		The tiny arboretum contained all the varieties of the local beech trees and the ubiquitous 'pan de los indios' or Indian bread, a small spherical orange fungus which the Patagonian indigenous tribes ate as a sustenance.
		A fringe of stunted beech formed the only woodland on the island forming perhaps part of the southern most arboreal flora left on the planet.
		One species, ubiquitous in Patagonia, the Antarctic Beech "Nothofagus", still exists in cool-temperate Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
	www.victory-cruises.com /cape_beagle_antarctica2.html (4268 words)

	Antarctic Beech forests of the Barrington Tops
		Antarctic Beech forests evolved millions of years ago when Australia was part of a super-continent called Gondwanaland.
		At present these forests can be found in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, SE Queensland, New Guinea, New Zealand and southern south America,wherever the right combination of soil, climate, and aspect occur, with the largest area on mainland Australia occurring on the Barrington Tops.
		In north eastern NSW and the Lamington National Park of QLD, the species is Antarctic Beech, (Nothofagus moorei) which differs from the Myrtle Beech of Tasmania and Victoria only in size and shape of the leaves.
	www.thesteps.com.au /html/antarctic_beech.html (149 words)

	Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris: Antarctica - South Georgia 2006
		As the salty, cold Antarctic water mixes alongside warmer, fresher water from the north, water temperatures plummet from about 4 to 6 degrees C down to 0 degrees C in a period of about eight hours cruising.
		Normally while we are here, in the Antarctic summertime on the Peninsula, the coldest temperatures we will experience during landings will be in the 30s F. It is more like winter temperatures at west coast ski resorts, very pleasant with a jacket on, and certainly nothing like wintertime temperatures in Antarctica.
		We cross the Antarctic Polar Front ("Convergence") approximately halfway across the Drake Passage at about 59 degrees 08 L S and 63 degrees 20 L W. Those on the lookout may sight several species of albatross and petrels, a good area for Blue Petrel, also for Royal Albatross following the ship.
	www.cheesemans.com /antarctica_sg_dec06.html (6006 words)

	O'Reilly's - Full-day walks from O'Reilly's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The beech trees are a rewarding sight even if the view should be obscured by mist.
		The track enters the Antarctic Beech forest near Wanungara Lookout - a favourite lunch spot - 100 metres to the left from the junction with the Main Border Track.
		Some good specimens of Antarctic Beech grow on top of the climb where the track branches to the right.
	www.oreillys.com.au /content/v2_standard.asp?name=FullDayWalks (933 words)

	Tufts University - Tufts Alumni Association
		Fly from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, a small Patagonian city set on the Beagle Channel and surrounded by the Darwin Cordillera, glaciers, and forests of southern beech.
		Attend lectures by your naturalists and lecturers as Corinthian II sails through the Drake Passage and crosses the Antarctic Convergence, where the cold waters of the Southern Ocean override the warmer waters to the north.
		The Peninsula is a narrow finger of land that separates the ice-choked waters of the Weddell and Bellingshausen Seas.
	www.tufts.edu /alumni/c-itinerary-06antarctica.html (400 words)

	Border Ranges National Park - Picnic & barbecue
		Due to the high rainfall and shady location dry wood is very difficult to findand barbecues are not provided.
		Antarctic Beech Picnic Area is a more open picnicking location where you can sit in the sun and enjoy a picnic or barbecue.
		Nestled amongst a stand of Antarctic beech this picnic area is popular in summer.
	www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au /parks.nsf/parkContent/N0050?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0050&Type=Xf (334 words)

	Patagonia Argentina
		Walking and hiking excursions in remote and scenic regions: along the Beagle Channel and across sub-Antarctic beech forests of the legendary Tierra del Fuego Island.
		Unexpectedly lush beech forests are covered with a magic carpet of green mosses, lichens waving in the wind in this seemingly enchanted forest.
		Hiking through these beech forest you will be able to look for the Magaellanic woodpecker, largest in South America, Austral parakeets, fl-chested buzzard eagles and Andean Condors.
	www.io.com /~jmc12/best.html (1318 words)

	Very GC \| Beechmont
		For thousands of years, the Yugambeh people have called the Beechmont Plateau, the place of the Binna Burra, referring to the areas blessing of ancient Antarctic Beech trees.
		The forests of Antarctic Beech trees remain and the clear mountain air still rejuvenates the spirit.
		The Beechmont Plateau is one of the numerous northerly spurs of the McPherson Range located south of Tamborine Mountain on the way to Lamington National Park.
	www.verygc.com /places_to_discover/beechmont.html (121 words)

	Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris: Antarctica - South Georgia 2007
		As the salty, cold Antarctic water mixes alongside warmer, fresher water from the north, water temperatures plummet from about 4 to 6° C down to 0° C in a period of about eight hours cruising.
		We seek the Antarctic Circle, 66°33' south - a crossing to be celebrated - and beyond to Detaille Island.
		We cross the Antarctic Convergence approximately halfway across the Drake Passage at about 59° 08' S and 63° 20' W. Those on the lookout may sight several species of albatross and petrels, a good area for Blue Petrel, also for Royal Albatross following the ship.
	www.cheesemans.com /antarctica_sg_dec07.html (6304 words)

	O'Reilly's - Trade & Media Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is a beautiful border circuit, with excellent examples of Antarctic Beech and Coachwood, picturesque creek scenery and waterfalls.
		The well graded track is entirely through rainforest, including areas of Antarctic Beech on the crest of the border range, where extensive views of the Tweed Valley may be obtained on a clear day.
		This area is dominated by magnificent Antarctic Beech forest, and the lookout here has views along the border range and to Murwillumbah.
	www.oreillys.com.au /content/v2_standard.asp?name=Suggesteditineraries_Fulldaywalks (380 words)

	Turning of the Fagus - April - Scribbly Gum - ABC Science Online
		As Australia drifted north and became drier, the distribution of the beech dramatically reduced.
		The Deciduous Beech that you'll find today in Tasmania is in many ways an anachronism - it hasn't changed in 35 million years.
		The Deciduous Beech, Nothofagus gunnii, belongs to the Fuscospora group, while Nothofagus cunninghamii and Nothofagus moorei belong to Lophonozia.
	www.abc.net.au /science/scribblygum/April2000/default.htm (1485 words)

	Canoe Barrington at Australia Adventures
		One of Australia's rarest birds, the tiny and elusive rufous scrub bird, may be heard singing a loud melodious song while foraging on the forest floor adjoining beech forest.
		Every surface, apart from the dark scalloped trunks of the giant beech trees and the tan, round leaves carpeting the path, appears a shade of green.
		Coppice growths, upright beech tree suckers, appear here, ready to flourish if the parent tree is damaged.
	www.australiaadventures.com /canoe_barrington.htm (1193 words)

	Antartic Beech- Lamington National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bright leaf litter carpets the ground under the beech stands.
		The beautiful Beech Orchid grows almost primarily on these trees.
		The Antartic Beech is found only on cool, moist (occassionally snowy) mountains from 500-1500m.
	lamington.nrsm.uq.edu.au /Documents/Plant/Noth.htm (131 words)

	Lamington National Park : Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Subtropical rainforest, 2,000-year-old moss-covered Antarctic beech trees, giant strangler figs, and misty mountain air characterize Lamington's high, narrow ridges and plunging valleys.
		Its great stretches of dense rainforest make it one of the most important subtropical parks in southeast Queensland, and one of the loveliest.
		Most visitors are fascinated by the park's Antarctic beech trees, which begin to appear above the 1,000m (3,280-ft.) line.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=1398&catID=1398010001 (323 words)

	Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris: Antarctica - South Georgia 2005
		This is a voyage of discovery to a stunning world devoted to peace and science and preservation of natural habitats.
		C (fresher Antarctic water) in a period of about eight hours cruising.
		Our first Antarctic Peninsula landing, we hope, will be Paulet, beside the Weddell Sea, the only place where we can count on finding Weddell Seals hauled out and penguins on icebergs.
	www.cheesemans.com /antarctica_sg_dec05.html (6376 words)

	NATURE'S SECRETS / By Meg Lowman - Dateline Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I could hardly believe the damage -- all of the leaves throughout the tree were riddled with holes, a result of some unknown insect's jaws that had tunneled throughout the delicate green foliage.
		Dangling precariously from my rope at 80 feet in the crown of an Antarctic beech tree, leaning over a cliff in the rain forests of Australia, I was hardly in a position to local and identify insects.
		Its caterpillar was nondescript, and required patient rearing in homemade plastic cages, back in the confines of my small student living room, in order to undergo its metamorphosis and emerge as an adult beetle.
	www.heraldtribune.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051204/COLUMNIST18/512040325 (1090 words)

	Global Adrenaline :: Polar :: Antarctica :: Shackleton Odyssey
		She is maneuverable and strong, ideally suited for the sea passages between the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.
		A host of choices is now open to us, and, depending on the ice and weather conditions, the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula is ours to explore for the next three days.
		It will be a time for reflection and discussion about what we have seen and felt and the impact that this voyage has had on our lives.
	www.globaladrenaline.com /polar/antarctica/trip7 (2324 words)

	Grass Trees in the Anglesea area - Xanthorrhoea
		Geographically, Anglesea sits close to the edge of the "old Gondwanaland", the ancient super-continent which broke up to become Australia, New Zealand and the Antarctic.
		Vestiges of "Antarctic" flora such as the Antarctic Beech (Fagus) survive today in the Otways.
		The surrounding environs include forest, woodland, shrublands and heathlands with many of the species needing the help of bushfires in their reproduction cycle.
	www.anglesea-online.com.au /wildLIFE/flora/grassTree/default.htm (425 words)

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