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noun - an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle
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ANTARCTICA - Antarctica (UK: or , US: ( listen)) is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic regio...
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It's the only continent without bees |
An American seal hunter named John Davis is believed to be the first person to set foot on this continent |
The first person known to be born on this continent was Emilio Palma in 1978 |
Victoria Land, one of its regions, lies north of the Ross Ice Shelf |
Even without its ice, this continent would have the highest average altitude |
Alexander Island, one of this continent's largest, is connected to it by the George VI ice shelf |
Strangely, in 1984, an ancient meteorite thought to be from Mars was found on this continent |
In 1820 Fabian von Bellingshausen may have become the first to see this continent that he thought was just ice |
It's the coldest, least populous & most remote continent |
On Jan. 17, 1997 Borge Ousland became the first to cross this continent alone & unsupported |
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an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep |
the continent around the South Pole |
A continent round the South Pole, situated mainly within the Antarctic Circle and almost entirely covered by ice sheets. Its exploitation is governed by an international treaty of 1959, which was renewed in 1991. |
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Antarctica (UK: or , US: ( listen)) is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14,000,000 square kilometres (5,400,000 square miles), it is the fifth-largest continent. For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1.9 km (1.2 mi; 6,200 ft) in thickness, which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula. * Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. Antarctica is a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland. The temperature in Antarctica has reached 89.2 °C (128.6 °F) (or even 94.7 °C as measured from space), though the average for the third quarter (the coldest p |