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Why is antarctica called the white contienent?

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∙ 11y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Antarctica is covered -- 98% -- by an ice sheet and is politically independent.

Generally, photographs show white icebergs and ice shelves, and map makers use white to show political independence.

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