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 * __ *Antarctica* __**

Antarctica is the second smallest continent. It is a huge cold desert. It gets very little precipitation. A huge ice sheet covers almost all of Antarctica. It is surrounded by an ocean. Antarctica is not a country.Therefore, it doesn't have a flag but people who vist bring their flag.

**__Plants in Antarctica __** Lichens are one of the plants that live in Antarctica. This plant is adapted to the polar climate. Another plant is mosses there is only a small number of this plant in Antarctica. There are only 100 flowering plants here because of the weather.  [|Plants]  for more info click on the link media type="custom" key="9020932" align="center" Information about Antarctica.



**__Animals of Antarctica __** There are many animals in Antarctica from the size small like the Wandering Albatross. This is a bird that wanders the ocean months at a time. Also the animals can get as big as Blue Whales. This whale can get to be about a 100 feet long and weigh 120 tons! The animal that most people think live in Antarctica is the polar bear but the polar bear doesn’t live in Antarctica. More information about the animals go to this link: [|Animals] More Information about polar bears to this link:  [|PolarBear]

**__Natural Resources __** Some natural resources in Antarctica are ice, iron, nickel, copper, and petroleum. Ice is the biggest and most important resource here. It counts for 90% of the world’s fresh water! Most of the coal is found on the coast of Antarctica. [|Antarctica natural resources]

**__ Location __** Antarctica is the southernmost location. It is a little bit bigger than Australia. The size is about half of the United States. It is 5.4 million square miles long. Antarctica looks huge but really isn't in the winter water freezes and makes Antarctica look bigger.

__**Human Features **__

People don’t live here. People only come here to vacation. Scientists also come here.Scientists come here to find more information about earth and the future. [|History, Pictures, and Facts about Antarctica] __**Movement**__ How do people get around in Antarctica? People don’t get around by car like here in the United States because of all the ice it would be very slippery instead they use sleds. They don’t have a culture because no one lives here so when people come they have their own culture.

Some physical features in Antarctica are the Antarctic Peninsula, Lake Vostok, and the Amundsen Glacier. Lake Vostok is under ice and is as big as Lake Ontario. The Amundsen Glacier is a huge valley glacier.
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