Antarctica

1. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent. The land is mostly covered by a vast ice sheet. Antarctica means "opposite to the arctic."It is the southern most continent. It covers around 5.5 million square miles and is somewhat circular. The Antarctic Peninsula reaches the southern of South America. Antarctica contains approx. 7 mil cubic miles of ice (90% of the worlds total), the average thickness is about 1.5 miles. Antarctica supports a population of cold-adapted land plants and animals. Antarctica is the most remote and inaccessible continent.

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3. Antarctica is a desert because there is not much precipitation.

4. they receive <10 inches year round.

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