Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent, is almost wholly covered by an ice sheet and is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size. The antarctic ice sheet contains about 7.2 million cubic miles (30 million cubic kilometers) in an area just under. It is the coldest, highest, driest and windiest continent on earth.
Situated almost entirely south of the antarctic circle and surrounded by the southern ocean. Antarctica is a place of extremes. Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent on earth.
Antarctica covers the earth’s south pole. Despite its massive size, antarctica has no. Situated in the southern hemisphere and largely south of the antarctic circle, antarctica is surrounded by the southern ocean. It is almost completely covered in ice.
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