Antarctica is the highest, driest, coldest, windiest and brightest of the seven continents. It is roughly the size of the United States and Mexico combined and is almost completely covered by a layer of ice that averages more than one mile in thickness, but is nearly three miles thick in places. This ice accumulated over millions of years through snowfall. Presently, the Antarctic ice sheet contains 90% of the ice on Earth and would raise sea levels worldwide by over 200 feet were it to melt.
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Antarctica is a bit much, but though I wouldn’t live there I sure as hell would love to visit someday.
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Just a little something I didn’t know.
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My brother-in-law goes there every year for research. The potential disaster is unimaginable. usagov:
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Yes, but try getting a pizza delivered there
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