This is a map of Antarctica, the southernmost part of planet earth, home to the south pole. This cold remote piece of land covered with ice is the fifth largest continent with a surface area of 14,200,000 square kilometres. It’s almost twice as big as Australia.
Dominated by the Antarctic ice sheet, it is a polar desert without a native population. The average thickness of the ice covering Antarctica is 1.9 kilometres, and hidden in the vastness of this endless, frozen piece of land are terrifying secrets. Over the years, exploratory expeditions have discovered the unthinkable in this continent of extremes.
The weather here is cold, windy and dry year-round. Despite being the most recently discovered continent, Antarctica has preserved vibrant and almost alien life forms under its thick sheet of ice for millions of years.
