Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, containing the geographic South Pole. It 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 in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. 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.

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This land is not for sale

Its a desert: Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.

Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles and insects.

90% of the world’s fresh water is in Antarctica.

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Most of Antarctica is covered in ice: less than 1% is permanently ice-free.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica is 58.2°F (14.5°C).

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You cannot work in Antarctica unless you have had your wisdom teeth and appendix removed.



The requirement dates from the 1950s, when an Australian Antarctic doctor developed appendicitis on an expedition on the antarctic and required a very challenging evacuation back to Australia(nearest civilization), he became stranded and he was forced to remove his own appendix as he was the only doctor on the team. Most times they have only one or no doctor in Antarctica stations, giving no room for surgeries/extractions.

The ice sheet of Antarctica has been in existence for at least 40 million years.

Antarctica was once as warm as modern-day California.


Antarctica was not always a cold, windy, desert. If you were to travel back 50 million years ago, you would find green forests, more diverse land animals, and many more birds. Fossils have been recovered in Antarctica to prove that this continent was once very lush with animal and plant life.

The average thickness of ice in Antarctica is about 1 mile (1.6 km).

Explorers:
You cannot work in Antarctica unless you have had your wisdom teeth and appendix removed.

Why's that?

The largest iceberg ever measured is bigger than Jamaica: 11,000 sq km (4,200 sq mi). It broke away from Antarctica in 2000.

Explorer doing his thing.

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CassieV:

Why's that?

The requirement dates from the 1950s, when an Australian Antarctic doctor developed appendicitis on an expedition on the antarctic and required a very challenging evacuation back to Australia(nearest civilization), he was forced to remove his own appendix as he was the only doctor on the team. Most times they have only one or no doctor in Antarctica stations. But i dont know much about the teeth.

If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 meters (200 - 210ft) everywhere. And that's a disaster.

@ explorers I thought polar beers and even fishes on some cases could be found in Antarctica??

Antartica and the US in size.(nasa)

magabounce:
@ explorers I thought polar beers and even fishes on some cases could be found in Antarctica??

Few species of icefish, penguins but no polar bears. You can see polar bear at the North

Nobody owns Antarctica.


Although a few nations, including Australia, Argentina, and the United Kingdom, have tried to lay claim to it over the years, it remains free of government and ownership. In 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was drafted, designating the land as "a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science." 48 nations have signed the treaty.

There are no permanent residents in Antarctica.


The only people who live there are visiting scientists. During the summer, the number averages about 5,000. In the winter, it drops to 1,000.

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Antarctica grows bigger in the winter.


Its sea ice expands about 40,000 square miles per day, adding upto an extra 12 million square miles of ice around the land mass (the equivalent of 1.5 United States). In effect, it doubles the size of the continent. In summer the new ice breaks up and melts.

Explorers:
You cannot work in Antarctica unless you have had your wisdom teeth and appendix removed.

if i may ask..
why, sir? i mean, why do they have to remove their wisdom teeth and appendix before they can work?
by the way, your write-up is highly educating and entertaining, si.r

Explorers:
Nobody owns Antarctica.


Although a few nations, including Australia, Argentina, and the United Kingdom, have tried to lay claim to it over the years, it remains free of government and ownership. In 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was drafted, designating the land as "a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science." 48 nations have signed the treaty.

When is Nigeria laying her own claim also

In the summer, the sun is very low and weak in the sky.

Antarctica is the only continent without a time zone.

Due to its ice cap, Antarctica is the highest continent average approximately 2,300 m above sea level.

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*. Russian icebreaker Krasin leading an American supply ship into McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Date unknown.

An ice breaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels, such as the icebreaking boats that were once used on the canals of the United Kingdom. For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most normal ships lack: a strengthened hull, an ice-clearing shape, and the power to push through sea ice. Icebreakers clear paths by pushing straight into ice pockets. The bending strength of sea ice is so low that usually the ice breaks without noticeable change in the vessel'strim. In cases of very thick ice, an icebreaker can drive its bow onto the ice to break it under the weight of the ship. Because a buildup of broken ice in front of a ship can slow it down much more than the breaking of the ice itself, icebreakers have a specially designed hull to direct the broken ice around or under the vessel. The external components of the ship's propulsion system (propellers, propeller shafts, etc.) are at even greater risk of damage than the vessel's hull, so the ability of an icebreaker to propel itself onto the ice, break it, and clear the debris from its path successfully is essential for its safety.


* Ice breaker.

*. Trapped ship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icebreaker?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C8244969477