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The Antarctic icecap is reckoned to be over 2400m thick.
The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth was the –89 degrees centigrade measured at Vostock in Antarctica on 21 July 1983.
The largest iceberg recorded is bigger than Belgium. It was an Antarctic tabular iceberg of over 31,000sq km sighted in 1956.
During a severe blizzard in the polar regions visibility can be reduced to 1m.
During the polar summer, when the Poles are facing towards the Sun, it is light all day. During the polar winter, however, the Sun never rises.
The Inuit (Eskimos) crossed what was then a land bridge between Asia and North America around 6000 years ago.
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Book:
Horrible but True
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Section:
Exploration
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Chapter:
Wild Places
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