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Life in Antarctica

Posted 12:20pm Sunday 9th April 2017 by Jessica Thompson Carr

What’s double the size of Australia, covered by 98% ice, and has no permanent human residents? Antarctica. Antarctica is a desert of snow and ice surrounded by freezing ocean at the bottom of the Southern Hemisphere. It has an average temperature of -49°C, katabatic winds of Read more...

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