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Antarctica is a desert with about five percent humidity. This means that very low amounts of moisture are available to be frozen into glaciers.

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Why do glaciers grow slowly in Antarctica?

With so little precipitation, it is difficult for glaciers to grow more quickly. What this also means is that the existing glaciers are millions of years old.


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