antarctica, n.Trivia

Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock

Antarctica is the driest, coldest, windiest, and highest continent on earth

Antarctica is the largest desert in the world

Antarctica is the driest place on Earth. Some parts haven’t seen precipitation for years.

Antarctica contains 90% of the world’s freshwater.

One hundred million years ago, Antarctica was covered in lush rainforests that had adapted to months without sunlight.

Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes

Antarctica wasn't always cold --- 40 to 50 million years ago its climate was very similar to modern day California's.

Antarctica has no reptiles. Since reptiles need heat to keep their bodies functioning, they cannot survive in severe, extended cold temperatures.

Antarctica has as much ice as the Atlantic Ocean has water.

Antarctica once supported forests.

Antarctica is the world's largest desert, as it doesn't get all that much rainfall.

Bees are found on every continent except Antarctica.

Antarctica is home to 90% of Earth’s ice

Antarctica is the only continent with no owls

Antarctica is covered in a 7,000 feet thick sheet of ice