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The Antarctic is the driest continent on earth.
These continents once formed a supercontinent called Pangaea. Eventually the Pangaea split into two halves and this formed the northern continent of Laurasia and the southern continent of Gondwanaland.
At last count, the continent with the lowest population was Australia (Oceania) with approximately 36,000,000 people. The next least populated continent is South America with 386,000,000.
There is no perfect synonym for the noun continent although it might be less specifically called a "landmass."The adjective continent (austere) might have the synonyms abstinent/abstentious or restrained. In the more specific sense (chaste) it could have synonyms pure, virtuous, or celibate.
Asia, which is home to no less than 60% of the worlds population.
Very, very small parts of Chile and Argentina both qualify.
Average humidity on the Antarctic continent is less than five percent: it is a desert.
The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude and is located on the continent of Antarctica. Because it is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent.
The Antarctic is the driest continent on earth.
No point in the USA is less than about 5,900 miles from the Antarctic Circle.
Because the peninsula is narrow, less than 40 miles across. Even it you're in the middle, the coast can never be more than 20 miles away.
Antarctica is not a tourist destination in the traditional sense. It has no tourist facilities, hotels or airports. A few airlines fly over Antarctica to show you the sights, then fly back to where they came from without landing. At least one company runs mountain climbing expeditions, but they make it clear that you need to be experienced and capable and fit enough to endure the rigours or polar mountaineering. Unless you are engaged in some sort of research with a large government grant, or work in support of science, you really have no business being there.Another AnswerMost tours of Antarctica are conducted from the sea, with departure points in Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia and even South Africa. These tours generally aim for the Antarctic Peninsula, which is the most accessible and warmest part of the continent.
All of Antarctica is a 'polar desert' because the humidity there is less than five percent. The humidity in the Saraha desert is 25% to 30%. Any latitude below 60 degrees South latitude that lies on a continent is a latitude of the Antarctic desert.
All of the Antarctic continent is considered a desert, because there is less than five percent humidity there. It would be named a desert on desert-centric maps.
Antarctica is a continent. It is not shrinking any more or less than any other continent on earth. In case you may be looking for how much the ice surrounding the continent has shrunk in the last 30 years, you can read more, below.
The Shetland Islands, 75 miles north of the Antarctic peninsula is a cold, harsh place to live. To survive in this extreme climate the Shetland Pony, native to the area, evolved smaller, hardier and most definitely hairier, to be able to live in such a place. A pony's smaller body requires much less food than an average size horse that weighs around 1000 lbs.
Rain is a rare phenomenon in Antarctica: it's too cold and dry. However, there may be rains during the summer season in the Antarctic Peninsula that make up its precipitation rate of 35cm or less per year.