Though antarctica is really, really chilly, it is considered a desert because it receives very little rain or snowfall. Antarctica is a unique continent in that it does not have a native human. Despite its massive size, antarctica has no.
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,. 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 mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200mm (8in).
Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. Antarctica “the white continent” is the fifth largest continent in the world with its unique wildlife, extreme coldness, dryness, windiness and unexplored territories. Only scientists and researchers stay here for a short time in dedicated. Antarctica is the frozen world and is entirely covered with thick ice that accounts for 70% of earth’s fresh water.
It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200 mm (8 in). The small amount of snow that does fall does not melt but.