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Antarctica is the continent covered with the most glaciers, with 91% of the world's glaciers found there.

Antarctica also contains 90% of the world's glacier ice, which is enough to raise sea levels by nearly 60 meters if it were to melt.

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The Lambert-Fisher glacier is considered the largest glacier in the world, located in Antarctica.

It is approximately 400 miles (640 km) long and 60 miles (97 km) wide.

It covering an area of about 100,000 square miles (260,000 square km).

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Alexander Island is near the South Pole.

Alexander Island is the largest island of Antarctica.

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 Antarctica is noted as the last region on Earth in recorded history to be discovered, unseen until 1820 when the Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev on Vostok and Mirny sighted the Fimbul ice shelf.

Antarctica, although not a country, covers the second largest amount of land overall at 2.75%. 

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Know about FIFA World Cup

FIFA stands for: Federation Internationale de Football Association

Founded: 1930

Total teams: 32

Most titles won by: Brazil

Played: after 4 years

Only team to participate in each tournament: Brazil (21)

Continents to not host a single tournament: Australia & Antarctica

1942 & 1946 FIFA world cup could not be held: Because of second world war

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Jinnah Antarctic station was established in Antarctica on January 25, 1991.

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The lowest natural temperature ever directly recorded at ground level on Earth is −89.2 °C

The world record for low temperature was set at Vostok Station, Antarctica, on 21 July 1983.

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The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 136 Fahrenheit (58 Celsius) in the Libyan desert.

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On November 18, 1820, Nataniel Brown Palmer of Stonington, Connecticut discovered  Antarctica, one of  seven continents. At the age of 22, Palmer was an experienced seal hunter and  captain of the sloop hero who was part of Stonington's Sealer fleet.

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The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of ice on Earth.

It covers around 90% of the Earth's ice mass.