Antarctica - The Ice-Capped Continent

Antarctica is located in the southernmost part of the world. It covers an area of 14,000,000 square km and is the fifth-largest continent of the world. 98%of the total geographical area is covered by ice which is at least 1.6km thick. 90% of the total ice of the world found here. As the continent is fully covered with ice it is also known as a white continent.

• Antarctica is the southernmost continent and it is in 1820 the man first set his foot in this region. It is uninhabited continent. The people living in this continent are those belonging to research groups of different countries.
  
• It is the continent that has lowest human population. The population is around 4000 in summer and 1000 in winter. This population is constituted by research teams of various countries. About 30 countries maintain about seventy research stations in Antarctica.
  

• Antarctica is the third smallest continent of the world.
  
• It was in 1820 when the human first set foot in Antarctica.
  
• Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth. It has animals like penguins, seals, whales and other number of species of plants and animals.
  
• Largest glacier in the world Lambert glacier is in this continent.
  

• Dakshin Gangotri is an Indian first research station established in Antarctica. It was established during third Indian expedition between 1983-84.
  
• An automatic weather recording station was set up here. The station is also used to conduct tests on radio waves in Antarctica. Other functions of the Dakshin Gangotri included observations of physical oceanography, the chemistry of the freshwater lakes around, biological traits of the land, biological traits of the water, geology, glaciology and geomagnetism of the area.
  

• Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the world.
  
• It has very low temperature throughout the year. The average annual temperature is −57 °C and temperature as cold as −93.2 °C is also recorded in this region.
  

Though there were many theories that stated the existence of Antarctica, it was only in 1820 when the human first set foot in this place. The first landing was probably just when American Captain John Davis, a sailor, set foot on the ice.

• Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the world.
  
• It has very low temperature throughout the year. The average annual temperature is −57 °C and temperature as cold as −93.2 °C is also recorded in this region.
  
• That is the reason why it is composed mainly of ice with some exposed land.
  

• Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the world.
  
• It is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world. It has an average elevation of 7,545 feet above sea level. The elevation of Antarctica at the South Pole is 9,300 feet. The tallest mountain peak in Antarctica is Mount Vinson, which lies at a height of 16,050 feet.
  

• Largest glacier in the world is Lambert glacier. It is located in the southern most region of the earth which is Antarctica.
  
• The glacier has been measured to be 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) deep at its centre
  
• Lambert glacier moves at a rate of 400 to 800 metres per year.
  

• Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the world.
  
• It has mostly katabatic winds which means a wind that carries high density air from a higher elevation down a slope under the force of gravity.
• Such winds are sometimes also called fall winds.
  

• Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth. It has animals like penguins, seals, whales and other species of plants and animals.
  
• Polar bears are native to Arctic Circle.
  

• Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth. It has animals like penguins, seals, whales and other number of species of plants and animals.
  
• The largest animal of Antarctica is a wingless animal known as Belgica Antarctica which is 13mm or 1.3 cm long.
  
• All the other, larger, animals in Antarctica are considered marine animals.
  

• Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the world.
  
• But it was not the case before a few million years ago. It used to be tropical. There is no proper explanation behind the cooling of Antarctica. But it is believed that reduction of carbon dioxide levels led ice to be in frozen state even during Antarctica summers.
  

Due to the tilt of the Earth's axis, the poles experience six months of continuous daylight followed by six months of continuous darkness.

Dakshin Gangotri was the first Indian scientific research base station established in Antarctica as part of the Indian Antarctic Programme.

Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the world. It was in 1820 when the human first set foot in this place.

It is the continent that has lowest human population. The population is around 4000 in summer and 1000 in winter. This population is constituted by research teams of various countries.

Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the world. It was in 1820 when the human first set foot in this place.

Among the given options it is the only continent without desert.