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Where are polar deserts found?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

There is only one true polar desert and that is the Antarctic Desert comprising nearly the entire continent of Antarctica. Most of the northern polar region is not found on a continent but is simply sea ice so does not qualify as a true desert. Those portions on land are classified as tundra.

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