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Become and expert on Oceania and Antarctica
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Polynesia Hot humid Islands in the Pacific Ocean This island group lies east of Melanesia and Micronesia.
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Melanesia Island group that lies north and east of Australia Largest country is New Caledonia Most islands are continental
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Micronesia Island group that lies north of Melanesia In World War 2 USA and Japan fought several battles in the islands of Micronesia
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Tahiti Largest island in French Polynesia
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copra Dried coconut meat
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Tapa cloth Product made from the inner bark of paper mulberry trees
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icebergs Large chunks of ice that fall off glaciers when they meet the ocean
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Antarctic Ocean The waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans that border Antarctica
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Cape Horn The southern tip of South America
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Nauru Tiny republic that mines phosphates
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Antarctica Larger in size than the contiguous United States
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Huge Ice Cap In Antarctica a huge ice cap covers the landforms.
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1911 South Pole discovery
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1959 treaty 12 countries signed a treaty agreeing to use Antarctica only for scientific research
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Mount Erebus Located on Ross island Antarctica
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