# @white.desert.antarctica on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CyLxlGErXyG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/9178000-whitedesertantarctica-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/af1e705e40.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-10-09T16:00:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** White Desert Antarctica (@white.desert.antarctica) — https://gondola.cc/white.desert.antarctica

## Caption

Discover the Schirmacher Oasis.

This dramatic ice-free plateau is 25 km long and up to 3 km wide in places, with more than 100 freshwater lakes, melt streams and glaciers making up the terrain.

The lakes in the oasis have been categorised by scientists as land-locked, pro-glacial or glacial. The lakes are interconnected through a number of geo-physical processes, including channels, streams, drifted snow accumulation and melt. 

Freshwater lakes provide habitat for microfauna (such as nematodes or protozoa), the ice-free ground for lichen and moss, and the oasis provides habitat for some bird species such as polar skua and a small number of Adelie penguins.

#whitedesert #queenmaudland #whichawaycamp #whichaway #glacier #icefall #schirmacheroasis #environment #nature #polartravel #arctictravel #antarcticatravel #antarctica #FreezeFrameAntarctica.

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whichawaycamp, arctictravel, schirmacheroasis, environment, queenmaudland, whichaway, antarcticatravel, icefall, glacier, freezeframeantarctica, whitedesert, polartravel, nature, antarctica

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