JigsawAntarctica Puzzles
Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and highest continent on Earth, a land of ice around the South Pole where no people live all year round. Our Antarctica puzzles show its icebergs, glaciers and mountains, and the penguins, seals and whales that come to its shores in the short summer. Pick a region below or scroll through the puzzles.
Gentoo Penguin Resting on the Snow
Snowy Peak and Iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula
Chinstrap Penguin in the Snow, Antarctica
Chinstrap Penguins on Two Hummock Island
Iceberg with a Natural Arch, Antarctica
Penguin Leaping into the Sea, Antarctica
Humpback Whale Tail, Antarctica
Ice Cliffs from Above, Antarctica
King Penguins at Gold Harbour, South Georgia
Blue Iceberg below the Mountains, Antarctica
Penguin on Elephant Island, Antarctica
About Antarctica
Almost the whole continent lies under an ice sheet that is about two kilometres thick on average. No country owns Antarctica: under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 it is kept for peace and science, and the only people who stay there are researchers at scientific stations and visitors on summer voyages. Most travellers sail to the Antarctic Peninsula, the mountainous arm that reaches towards South America, often stopping at the island of South Georgia on the way.
Penguins are the stars of the far south. Gentoo penguins, with their bright orange beaks, are the fastest swimmers of all penguins, chinstraps are named after the thin black line under their chins, and king penguins gather in colonies of many thousands at Gold Harbour on South Georgia. In summer humpback whales come to feed on krill, and icebergs broken off the ice shelves drift past in shades of white and blue.