What is Antarctica?Antarctica is a frozen desert that is almost completely made out of ice, that is located in the South Pole and in the Southern Hemisphere. Antarctica is not only a huge area covered with ice. Antarctica has a range of wonderful and cute animals like penguins, Artic foxes, seals and plenty more. It not just animals that make Antarctica their home believe it or not some plants survive the climate in Antarctic which makes it a great home.
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Fast FactOne of the biggest icebergs ever (possibly the biggest iceberg ever) broke free from the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica in 2000.
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Fast FactAntarctic fish have lived at between +2°C and -2°C for 5 million years (-2°C is the freezing point of sea water, below zero because of the salt). They are therefore the best cold adapted animals that there are on the planet - now or ever.
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