Antarctica Facts

Bases:

• McMurdo is the biggest base in Antarctica.

• About 1000 to 5000 people live in Antarctica through the year at science stations in Antarctica.

Countries:

• Antarctica is bigger than Europe and almost double the size of Australia by about a million square miles.

• Antarctica is the fifth largest continent after Asia, Africa,North America and South America. Chile is the most closest country to Antarctica.

• Antarctica is larger than all European countries.

• The official flag of Antarctica has a white map of the continent at the centre of a blue background .

On Antarctica:

• Antarctica is the driest , coldest and windiest continent .

• Some places in Antarctica the ice is 4 km thick- that's about half the hight of Mount Everest!!

• Most of Antarctica is covered in ice over 1.6 km thick.

• Antarctica is 99 % ice !

People:

•   Hypothermia occurs when the core of the body temperature goes down to -35 C or lower.

•  Huskies are not native to Antarctica , and they can carry diseases.