The Antarctic is a cold, remote area in the Southern Hemisphere encompassed by the Antarctic Convergence. The Antarctic Convergence is an uneven line of latitude where cold, northward …

Dec 2, 2025 · The largest desert on Earth is Antarctica, which covers 14.2 million square kilometers (5.5 million square miles). It is also the coldest desert on Earth, even colder than …

Oct 19, 2023 · The South Pole is located on Antarctica, one of Earth's seven continents. Although land at the South Pole is only about a hundred meters above sea level, the ice sheet above it …

Oct 19, 2023 · The highest mountain in Antarctica, Mount Vinson rises 4,892 meters (16,050 feet) above sea level. Mount Vinson is one of the most recently discovered and explored of the …

Jun 5, 2025 · Antarctica is the windiest, driest and iciest place on Earth. Antarctica is larger than Europe or Australia, but unlike those continents, it has no permanent human population.

Nov 10, 2023 · Antarctica has been covered by an ice sheet for 40 million years. While the ice sheet has advanced and retreated with climate change, it has been a constant feature of the …

Sep 24, 2024 · The largest glacier in the world, Antarctica's Lambert Glacier, is one of the world’s fastest-moving ice streams. (Ice streams are parts of an ice sheet that move faster than the …

Oct 19, 2023 · This iceberg was found in the Drake Passage, Antarctica, in December 2007. The Drake Passage is the body of water stretching from the southern tip of South America to the …

Mar 6, 2024 · The Southern Hemisphere contains most of South America, one-third of Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and some Asian islands. There are differences in the climates of the …

Oct 28, 2025 · Arctic tundra are found on high-latitude landmasses, above the Arctic Circle—in Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland, Iceland, and Scandinavia, for example—or on far …