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Antarctica

James Wilson Carmichael (1800–1868):: 'Erebus' and 'Terror' in the Antarctic
James Wilson Carmichael (1800–1868):: ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror’ in the Antarctic

Earth’s southernmost continent, containing the South Pole situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. Antarctica is covered by ice, which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Antarctica, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent considered a desert. There are no permanent human residents, vegetation, where it occurs, is tundra.

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