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December 1, 2007

author
uwk@squatterz.com

keywords
lib, antarctica

location
lib/antarctica/

Antarctica is COOL!
 
 
 
Did you know that the ice on average is 1 mile thick!
 
Some of the bugs have their own antifreeze ( glycerol ) !
 
It can get cold in the winter -100 degrees.
In the summer you might find places as warm as 60 degrees F.
 
Antarctica is one of the top 5 largest contents... wow. that's a lot of ice.
 
Antarctica has 70 or more underground lakes.
 
From a precipitation standpoint, the interior areas of Antarctica are a desert.
They might get less than an inch of precipitation a year.