NEW YORK, N.Y. - Few would think about swimming in Antarctica, but Sports Illustrated took its models there for its annual swimsuit issue — shooting on all seven continents for the first time.
The around-the-globe effort will be chronicled by the Travel Channel in a special on Feb. 17. Sports Illustrated said Tuesday it's the first to do a fashion shoot in Antarctica, where temperatures were subfreezing.
Among the locations featured are Namibia, China, Australia and Easter Island, one of the most remote places on Earth.
Swimsuit magazine editor MJ Day says it took seven months to complete.
Sports Illustrated will reveal its cover Monday. It can be a star-making opportunity. Last year's cover model was Kate Upton. The magazine hits newsstands Feb. 12.
LOOK: Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue 2012
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See more of <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012_swimsuit/models/alyssa-miller/?xid=aolswim12" target="_hplink">Alyssa Miller</a> at SI Swimsuit 2012
See more of <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012_swimsuit/bar-and-the-boys/?xid=aolswim12" target="_hplink">Bar Refaeli</a> at SI Swimsuit 2012
See more of <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012_swimsuit/models/irina-shayk/?xid=aolswim12" target="_hplink">Irina Shayk</a> at SI Swimsuit 2012
See more of <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012_swimsuit/models/adaora/?xid=aolswim12" target="_hplink">Adaora</a> at SI Swimsuit 2012
See more of <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012_swimsuit/models/kate-upton/?xid=aolswim12" target="_hplink">Kate Upton</a> at SI Swimsuit 2012
MEET: Last Year's Swimsuit Issue Cover Model
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Vogue UK, January 2013
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Vogue Italia, November 2012
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Vogue, November 2012
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CR Fashion Book, Fall 2012
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Interview Russia, July 2012
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GQ, July 2012
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July 2012
20 year-old Kate Upton denies rumors that she was drinking alcohol at a Detroit Tigers baseball game
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Vogue, July 2012
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June 2012
"The Many Talents Of Kate Upton" presented by GQ and shot by Terry Richardson
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May 2012
Kate Upton at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS
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May 2012
"Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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May 2012
Cannes Film Festival
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Bloomberg & Vanity Fair Cocktail Reception following the 2012 White House Correspondants' Association Dinner
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May 2012
Kate Upton dances the "Cat Daddy" for Terry Richardson
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Kate Upton's famous Youtube video where she dances the "Dougie" at a Los Angeles Clippers game
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Sports Illustrated, March 2012
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Carl's Junior, February 2012
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CP | By The Associated Press Posted: 02/05/2013 3:07 pm EST | Updated: 02/11/2013 12:36 pm EST