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Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, encapsulating the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14.0 million km2 (5.4 million sq mi), it is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice, which averages at least 1.6 kilometers (1.0 mi) in thickness.  Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. Antarctica is considered a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland. There are no permanent human residents, but anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 people reside throughout the year at the research stations scattered across the continent. Only cold-adapted plants and animals survive there, including penguins, seals, nematodes, tardigrades, mites, many types of algae and other microorganisms, and tundra vegetation.

Antarctica 2012 Wall Calendar Antarctica 2012 Wall Calendar: At the bottom of the world, covered with ice and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, Antarctic is the coldest, direst, and windiest place on earth. It can also be one of the most starkly beautiful. Photographer John Conn explores the arresting landscapes of a continent larger than Europe that has no time zone and where the temperature can be colder than dry ice.

Antarctica 2012 Wall Calendar The bottom of the world, if you will, Antarctica is a continent of glorious visions of frozen beauty. The world's record low temperature, -128 degrees Fahrenheit, was recorded here. Antarctica is actually a desert, as it receives less than two inches of precipitation each year, the same as the Sahara. Featuring icebergs, penguins, snowy mountains and more, this wall calendar of Antarctica offers a spectacular collection of sights from this arctic wonderland, and will delight the senses.

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