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an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep
Antarctica is twice the size of Australia
How To Use Antarctic continent In A Sentence
- As big as a goose and with a six-foot wingspan, the southern giant petrel nests throughout the Antarctic continent (as well as on several subantarctic islands).
- Antarctic continent has mountain ranges similar in size to the European Alps.
- This view is supported by the frequency of south-easterly winds in the neighbourhood of the Antarctic Circle reported by all explorers, and the hypothesis of a south polar anticyclone or area of high pressure over the Antarctic continent has gained currency in advance of any observations to establish it. Perspective of Antarctica in 1911
- All Central Africa and the great Southern or Antarctic continent was described as pathless desert -- "a land uninhabitable from the heat"; and the sources of the Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work.
- Mark, the antarctic continent is permanently below freezing, meaning the ice balance *in the continent* is primarily responsive to precipitation and ice flow rates rather than directly to temps. Grapevine: Mann to testify on 27th July « Climate Audit