Antarctica

[ ant-ahrk-ti-kuh, -ahr-ti- ]

noun

1. the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. About 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km).

Antarctica

/ æntˈɑːktɪkə /

noun

1. a continent around the South Pole: consists of an ice-covered plateau, 1800–3000 m (6000 ft to 10 000 ft) above sea level, and mountain ranges rising to 4500 m (15 000 ft) with some volcanic peaks; average temperatures all below freezing and human settlement is confined to research stations. All political claims to the mainland are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959

Antarctica

1. Continent surrounding the South Pole , located almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle . It is covered by an ice cap up to thirteen thousand feet thick.

Notes

Antarctica is characterized by extremely low temperatures.

In 1911, Roald Amundsen became the first explorer to reach the South Pole, followed shortly thereafter by Robert Scott.

Example Sentences

Michael Clinton, president of marketing at Hearst, just ran a marathon in Antarctica.

From The Daily Beast

Another, Autosub-2, was trapped as it explored life beneath permanent ice shelves around Antarctica in 2005.

From The Daily Beast

They went AWOL all around the world—from the waters around Antarctica to just off a Japanese Island—for a host of reasons.

From The Daily Beast

Let's hope he didn't get frostbite - here's the science of getting naked in antarctica.

From The Daily Beast

On December 6, Liautaud and his teammate Doug Stoup, set off from Antarctica on a 640-kilometer ski journey to the South Pole.

From The Daily Beast

Do you mean that everyone who's been arrested is here, in Antarctica?

From Project Gutenberg

Antarctica is isolated enough to keep that knowledge secret for a long time—at least until safeguards could be set up.

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At its best, it has the continent of Antarctica beat four thousand ways from a week ago last Candlemas.

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"I can't very well find a cave in Antarctica and hide," I replied glumly.

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They often attain a velocity of eighty miles an hour in Antarctica and Greenland.

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