Daily Star
It has the coldest, windiest and driest places on Earth.
If it melted, world sea levels would rise by 16 feet.
Its population never rises to much more than 4000 visiting scientists and, if you stand at one certain point – 90 degrees south, 45 degrees East – every direction you look is North.
Since its discovery in 1820, Antarctica’s barren and frozen wastelands have mystified, enchanted and puzzled people across the globe.
Almost twice the size of Australia, boffins are constantly learning new things about life there.
For example, despite the freezing conditions, its Mount Erebus volcano has been active for 1.4 million years and just recently previously undiscovered organisms were found living in its volcanic ice caves.
For decades it was believed nothing could live under its massive ice sheets, but colossal squid, spiders the size of dinner plates, giant worms and other weird and wonderful creatures have now been discovered.
But being one of the least explored places on earth, Antarctica is also home to its fair share of wild conspiracy theories.
