2 Antarctica is at the southern tip of the world. It is the highest
Continent. It is 10,000 feet high Antarctica also has very strong winds.
The wind sometimes blows two hundred miles an hour. It is also the driest
Place in the world. Antarctica is drier than the Sahara Desert!
3 Antarctica is also empty. There are huge glaciers and ice everywhere.
A glacier is an area of ice that move slowly. The ice and glaciers are
Beautiful . But most plants and land animals cannot live on the ice It is
Too cold . There are no trees, no rivers, and no cities in Antarctica. There
Are no land animals Only penguins and other sea birds live there .
4 Antarctica dose not belong to any one country . In fact, every country
Owns Antarctica . More than twenty countries have stations in Antarctica
A station is a place where scientists do experiments There are separate
Stations for different countries .The scientists are the only people who
Live in Antarctica In all, over four thousand people live at the station. In
The summer. Over one thousand live There in the winter.
5 Life on an Antarctica station is hard . It is like life on a space station
The sun shines for six months, and then it is night for six month . People
Usually have problems with sleeping and eating .They eat more because
They are not busy . In an emergency it is hard to get help In 1999, an
American doctor there named jerri Nielsen realized she was sick She had
Canner. It was winter, and airplanes could not land in Antarctica. She was
The only doctor there. Dr. Nielsen had no choice. She had to stay. An
Airplane dropped medicine to her, and she took care of herself .Several
Months later, Dr. Nielsen returned to the United States to get special
Medical help.
6 Today, more and more people visit Antarctica .Ships go to Antarctica
During the summer months from November to February People want to
Visit this unusual place, but they don’t want to live there!
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