Tidbits

• In Antarctica the only direction is North.
• Spring and summer is October through March while Fall and Winter is April through September.
• Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, iciest place on Earth.
• The area of Antarctica is equals to the area of Europe and the United States combined.
• Antarctica has ice and snow 1 mile thick year round.
• The wind in Antarctica blows up to 200 MPH, two times as fast as a hurricane.
• Because of coldness, hardly any plants or animals can survive.
• Antarctica doesn't have any cities or people of their own.
• In the interior ice cap, mountains stick out.

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