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Lesson overview:What is Antarctica like?

  • Third smallest continent.
  • Extremely cold, covered in ice- contains 90% of the world's ice.
  • Doubles in size in winter when the seas freeze.
  • No humans live in Antarctica permanently- temporary population of 5000.
  • The Antarctic Treaty
  • Third smallest continent.
  • Extremely cold, covered in ice- contains 90% of the world's ice.
  • Doubles in size in winter when the seas freeze.
  • No humans live in Antarctica permanently- temporary population of 5000.
  • The Antarctic Treaty