Antarctica Day Dec 1, 2022

Antarctica Day

The most isolated continent in the world is hands down the polar desert that is Antarctica, the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth. Inhospitable as it sounds, Antarctica, which lies almost completely below the Antarctic Circle, is also a place of stunning beauty as evidenced by this image of Paradise Harbour, aka Paradise Bay, near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica is also extraordinarily vulnerable to the effects of climate change, worth remembering today on Antarctica Day, which marks the anniversary of the signing of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty. The international agreement protects Antarctica as a scientific preserve.

© SinghaphanAllB/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Dec 1, 2018A treaty for science
Dec 1, 2019Southern lights for Antarctica Day
Dec 1, 2020Giving Tuesday
Dec 1, 2021Antarctica Day
Dec 1, 2023Antarctica Day
Dec 1, 2024Antarctica Day
Dec 1, 2025Antarctica Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Apr 17, 2018The Children’s Cultural Festival in Reykjavik begins today
Dec 27, 2018A wonderland in winter
Nov 16, 2021Glenfinnan Viaduct
Mar 5, 2019Stompin’ with the Big Chief
Sep 11, 2024Patriot Day
Jan 13, 2024Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii
Dec 4, 2024Wildlife Conservation Day
May 11, 2019Bringing together history and technology
Jul 23, 2018Tokyo welcomes a futuristic new art museum
Jun 13, 2024Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Nov 1, 2019The National Museum of the American Indian
Apr 22, 2018Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
Oct 28, 2025The Gothic Gate in the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, Czechia
Jan 11, 2022Porcupine
Nov 4, 2019Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
Sep 3, 2021Welcome to the Alien Egg Hatchery
May 25, 2025Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 14, 2020In the Navajo Nation for Code Talkers Day
Jan 10, 2024Take the Stairs Day
Feb 23, 2025Mount Fuji Day
Dec 13, 2019Taking the scenic route
Sep 24, 2022National Public Lands Day
Feb 9, 2023Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Oct 5, 2022World Teachers Day
Jul 3, 2018To the 155th on the 155th
Nov 8, 2025Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon
Dec 21, 2022Winter solstice
Sep 29, 2023Mid-Autumn Festival
Jun 30, 2024Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Jul 2, 2026Ceiling of the Temple of Esna, Egypt