Antarctica frozen desert: Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest place on Earth, covered by thick sheets of blue-white ice and surrounded by fierce, freezing seas.

Appleseeds | February 1, 2003| | Copyright

More than 2,000 years ago, early Greek geographers wrote about a giant continent at the bottom of the world. Although no one had actually seen it, they called it Anti-Arktikos, or "opposite of the Arctic." Centuries passed, and no one found this "great southern continent." In the 1800s, explorers finally reached the legendary land. Among them was American sea captain Nathaniel Palmer, who sighted Antarctica from his ship.

Most of Antarctica is a desert. This may seem strange, because we often think of deserts as hot places filled with sand. Almost all of Antarctica ...

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