Antarctica.
Definition
The southernmost continent, located almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle. It is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, covered by an ice sheet that contains about 70% of Earth's fresh water, and has no permanent human population.
Examples
Real-world.
- 1 Scientific research stations like McMurdo Station (U.S.) and Vostok Station (Russia)
- 2 The Antarctic Treaty of 1959 that reserves the continent for peaceful scientific research
- 3 Antarctica's ice cores providing data on historical climate change