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No. Antarctica gets very little "new" snow in a year. the snow and ice on the ground has built up over millenia.

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Where the hottest and coldest places in the world generally?

The hottest place on Earth is usually considered to be Death Valley, California, USA, with temperatures often exceeding 50°C (122°F). The coldest place is often Antarctica, with the lowest recorded temperature on Earth of -89.2°C (-128.6°F) at the Vostok Station.


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The coldest inhabited place on Earth, aside from Antarctica, is Oymyakon in Russia, known for its extreme winter temperatures reaching as low as -50 degrees Celsius. Additionally, Verkhoyansk in Russia and Barrow in Alaska are also among the coldest inhabited places outside of Antarctica.


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