Journey To A n t a r c t i c a
// December 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Tourism places
Antarctica is a continent about the Earth ’s South Pole. It is the coldest place on earth and is nearly exclusively covered by ice. It is not to be confused with the Arctic , which is placed near the Earth’s North Pole . Antarctica was discovered in late January 1820.Antarctica is the fifth biggest continent in area after Asia, Africa , North America and South America. However, it is by far the smallest in population : indeed, it has no permanent population at all. It is also the continent with the highest average altitude and the lowest average of any continent on Earth. (more…)
