Amazing Antarctica

Amazing Antarctica

The Seventh Continent Give a globe a spin. On it you can easily find six continents. Now look at the bottom of the globe. There you will find continent number seven: Antarctica.

People did not find Antarctica until about two hundred years ago. Since then, we have learned a lot about this amazing place.

Antarctica is the coldest continent. It is also the continent with the strongest winds. Less rain and snow fall in Antarctica than in any other continent.

Freezing Antarctica Water covers most of Earth. Almost all of it is salt water. Most of the fresh water on Earth is frozen in the ice in Antarctica. Snow does not melt during the cold summers there. The ice builds up over many years.

Life on and Around Antarctica The freezing weather in Antarctica makes it a dangerous place to live.