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* [[Butterfly of Doom]]: Averted until cca. the 18.-19. century, when Europeans start venturing closer to Antarctica.
* [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp]]: Averted. Antarctica actually has a surprisingly detailed ecology of unique animals. Most of them are based on the prehistoric animals native to Australia and South America, of which they are evolved forms, specialized to the insanely hostile Antarctic climate and ecosystem.
* [[Chupacabra]]: The [[Spell My Name With an "S"|Chupa/Shupa]] is a very obvious expy.
* [[Church Militant]]: Several examples of Tsalal religious authorities that form a state within a state.
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* [[Crapsack World|Crapsack Continent]]
* [[Dark
* [[Death World]]: The native lifeforms of Antarctica are just plain ''nasty''. There are the Gugs, ants that shoot fire, giant platypi that have evolved convergently similar to crocodilians, and a kind of small mammal whose bite sends humans into comas. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|And that's just the tip of the iceburg...]]
* [[Drop Bear]]: the Southern Koala is this, with some flavoring of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Alien?from=Main.Alien Xenomorph]. A dreaded taboo creature [[Eviler Than Thou|even for the Tsalal]].
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