Short article about Antarctica

Landscape of Antarctica

Antarctica is a fifth largest continent and nearly twice the size of Australia. It lies in the region of southern hemisphere with the area of 14,200,000 square kilometers. It is the coldest continent containing the people around 5,000  in the summer and around 1,000 in the winter season.

Group of Penguin in Antarctica

About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1.9 km in thickness, which extends to all but the McMurdo Dry Valleys and the northernmost reaches of the Antarctica peninsula. The temperature in Antarctica has dropped to -89.2°c or even -94.7°c as measured from space. Organism native to Antarctica include many types of algae, bacteria, fungi, plants, protists and certain animal such as mites, penguins, seals etc. Vegetation, where it occurs is tundra. 

    Antarctica was the last region on Earth to be discovered, unseen until 1820 when the Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb Von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarer on Vostok and Mirny Sighted the Fimbul ice shelf. The continent remained largely neglected for the rest of the 19th century because of it's harsh environment, lack of easily accessible resources and isolation. However, it supports scientific research and protects the continent's ecology. Between 1,000 and 5,000 peoples from many countries reside at research station scattered across the continent.