Antarctica is the remotest part of the world or more accurately, remotest continent, the highest, driest, windiest, emptiest, coldest place on earth. Here we are with nine cool facts about Antarctica.
You cannot work in Antarctica unless your wisdom teeth and appendix are removed. Surgeries are not made at the stations in Antarctica, so you should have your wisdom teeth and appendix removed even if they’re absolutely healthy.
53 million years ago, Antarctica was so warm that palm trees lived along its shores. The temperature on the continent soared above 20C.
There used to be a nuclear power station in Antarctica. McMurdo station is the largest community in Antarctica, it has been operated by the U.S. since 1962.
Despite the extreme temperatures, there are 1150 different species of fungi identified to survive in Antarctica. Fungi perfectly adapts to extreme low temperatures, continuous and repeated freeze and thawing cycles.
Antarctica (technically) contains every time zone on the planet. All longitude lines we use to define time zones meet at the two poles.
No polar bears live in Antarctica. You may see them in the Arctic or Canada, if you wish.
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was minus 128.56 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 89.2 degrees Celsius). It was registered on July 21, 1983, at Vostok station of Antarctica.
The average thickness of Antarctic ice is about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers). Antarctica approximately has 70% of all fresh water on Earth.
Following the secret negotiations twelve countries signed the Antarctic Treaty in 1959 to dedicate the continent to peaceful research activities. Today the treaty is already signed by 48 nations.
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