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This term we have been studying the coldest, driest and windiest continent on Earth.

This wiki gives each student the opportunity to independently research and publish the answers to questions they want to ask.

THE COLD HARD FACTS

The layer of ice and snow over the Antarctic continent averages a thickness of about 2200 meters. That's over two kilometers thick!

The icecaps makes up approximately 70% of the Earth's fresh water.

If this icecap melted, the ocean levels woudl rise and all coastal cities around the world would be flooded.

Some types of algae are able to grow on snow, making the snow appear pick or green.

Antarctica covers 14 million square kilometers of the Earth's surface.

The average elevation of Antartica is 2300 meters above sea level.

The icecap covers 13.72 million square kilometers and contains 90% of the world's ice.

Winter in Antarctica involves six weeks of complete darkness.

The ice is four kilometers thick at the South Pole.

Summer has 24 hours of continuous daylight.

The world's lovest temperature EVER recorded was at Vostok station on July 21, 1983. It was -89.2 degrees celsius on that day.

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Cold Facts taken from: Bourke, J. (Unknown) Amazing Antarctica. Ready-Ed Publications.