Sentences with phrase «largest icy continent»

Indeed, the world's fifth - largest icy continent has attracted the hardiest explorers.

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But roughly 91 percent of Antarctica — nearly twice the size of Australia — is unmapped, and the largest unsurveyed region on the icy continent is a region called Princess Elizabeth Land.

Antarctica is a large icy, ferociously cold desert continent located at the southernmost point of the planet, mostly populated by penguins.

The group found that the icy winds blowing off Antarctica, as well as a powerful ocean current that circles the frozen continent, are much larger factors in the formation and persistence of Antarctic sea ice than changes in temperature.