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The highest temperature ever recorded in antarctica was 15 c (59 f). Plants and microbes antarctica and its waters are home to lichens, mosses and liverworts, algae, kelp and microscopic organisms. Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent on earth.
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Most of antarctica is covered by the antarctic ice sheet, with an. The antarctic ice sheet contains about 7.2 million cubic miles (30 million cubic kilometers) in an area just under 1.5 times. 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, known as.
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.
Despite its massive size, antarctica has no. The lowest temperature ever recorded in antarctica was minus 89.4 c (minus 129 f). Visit the definitions and notes page to view a description of each topic. Antarctica is the likely winner for deepest, most saturated blue sky, as it combines high altitude with extremely low humidity and pollution.
