❄️ Antarctica – The Desert Continent

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🌍 Where is Antarctica?

• Antarctica is the continent at the bottom of Earth.
• It surrounds the South Pole.
• It is covered almost completely with ice and snow.

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🏜️ Why is Antarctica a desert?

Even though it is full of ice, Antarctica is called a desert because:

• It gets very little rain or snow
• Less than 200 mm of snowfall a year
• Deserts are defined by low rainfall, not heat

🧠 So Antarctica is a cold desert!

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❄️ How cold is Antarctica?

• It is the coldest place on Earth
• Temperatures can drop to –60°C or even lower
• The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was in Antarctica

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🌬️ Windy and dry

• Antarctica has very strong winds
• Winds can blow over 300 km/h
• The air is very dry, like in hot deserts

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🧊 Ice facts

• About 98% of Antarctica is covered in ice
• It holds about 70% of Earth’s fresh water
• Ice can be several kilometers thick

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🐧 Life in Antarctica

No people live there permanently, but animals do!

Animals you can find:

• Penguins 🐧
• Seals 🦭
• Whales 🐋
• Seabirds 🐦

They are specially adapted to survive the cold.

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🧑‍🔬 Who lives there?

• Only scientists live there for research
• They study:
  • Climate change
  • Ice
  • Animals
  • Space and weather

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🌞 Long days and long nights

• In summer: 24 hours of sunlight
• In winter: 24 hours of darkness

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🧠 Easy to remember

Antarctica is a desert because it is dry, not hot

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⭐ Fun facts for kids

• Antarctica has no countries
• It is the windiest continent
• If all the ice melted, sea levels would rise a lot

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