You probably never realized how awesome that big block of ice at the bottom of the world is. These are 25 fact about Antarctica that are so cool they’re freezing!
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Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, highest and driest continent on the planet.
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Antarctica is a desert, even though it holds 70 percent of the world’s freshwater.
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The annual snow accumulation across much of East Antarctica adds up to less than two inches of rain.
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This is actually very comparable to the Sahara Desert
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In wintertime, the sea ice around Antarctica grows at the rate of 40,000 square miles a day.
