- Antarctica - Wikipedia
Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km 2 (5,500,000 sq mi) Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1 9 km (1 2 mi)
- Antarctica | History, Map, Climate, Facts | Britannica
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 It is divided into East Antarctica (largely composed of a high ice-covered plateau) and West Antarctica (an archipelago of ice-covered mountainous islands)
- Antarctica - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest continent It is also, on average, the highest of all the continents [3] Antarctica is considered a desert [4] It is the largest and coldest desert in the world [5] It has yearly precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) near the sea and far less inland [6] No humans live in Antarctica permanently
- Australian Antarctic Program
Cool Australian Antarctic Program news about wildlife, scientific research, stations (bases), expeditioners, ships, the environment and jobs in Antarctica
- Antarctica - National Geographic Society
Without any ice, Antarctica would emerge as a giant peninsula and archipelago of mountainous islands, known as Lesser Antarctica, and a single large landmass about the size of Australia, known as Greater Antarctica
- What Is Antarctica? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
What is Antarctica like? Pack your snowshoes, hat, gloves, and the puffiest jacket you have – because Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth! The average temperature in Antarctica in the winter is minus 34 4 Celsius (minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit) The temperature in the center of Antarctica is much lower than the temperature on the coasts
- Antarctic Factsheet - British Antarctic Survey
Antarctica is a continent capped by an inland ice sheet up to 4 8km thick, containing approximately 90% of the world’s total surface fresh water (and 60% of the world’s total fresh water)
- NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global . . .
An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is a temporary anomaly rather than an indication that global warming has
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