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Article: ANTARCTICA NEW AT NAUTICUS: A LOOK AT A FROZEN AND DANGEROUS DESERT WHERE MAN HAS RARELY TROD.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 18, 1998
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Byline: Larry Maddry
ANTARCTICA.
It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent on Earth - a desert of snow offering a horizon of sometimes blinding whiteness. A life-threatening region of howling winds and wind-sculptured ice that can freeze the blood, yet it, nevertheless, offers scenes of terrible beauty.
The coldest temperature on earth - minus 128.6 degrees - was recorded there. The average elevation is more than 6,000 feet. And only 2 percent of the continent is ice-free land.
Seemingly defying description, its history, wildlife and punishing climate have been captured in an exciting 6,000-square-foot educational exhibit at ...