|
[[Biliþ:Antarctica 6400px from Blue Marble.jpg|thumb|200px|Satellite onlīcnes Antarctices.]]
'''Antarctica''' (ēac Andnorþa gēhaten) is sē sūþmesta [[worulddǣl|ƿorulddǣl]] þǣre [[Eorðe]], under-licgende þæm [[Sūþende þǣre eaxe]]. Hit licgeþ on þæt Antarctisc eordor of mæstum sūþe healftryndle, eallmæst hālic sūþ Antarctiscum circule, and is ymbhammen þȳ FlotƿeȝeFlotwege Sūþe. Æt 14.0 millȝeonmillionum km², hit is fīfta-grēatest ƿorulddǣlworulddǣl in grīete æfter [[Asia]], [[Affrica]], [[Norðamerica]], and [[Sūðamerica]].
Ymbe 98% of Antarctice is þeahte īse, hwilc medemeum æt læst 1.6 km in þicnesseþiccenesse.
Antarctica, medemeum, is þæt cealdest, dryȝestdrygest, and ƿinlicestwinlicest ƿorulddǣlworulddǣl, and hæfeþ þære hēahest medemene uphafennesse of eallum ƿorulddǣlumworulddǣlum. Antarctica is bemæt drūgoþ, mid ȝēarlicumgēarlicum ƿætanwætan bēonde ǣnlīc 200 mm ymbe sælande and micelum lǣsƿelǣswe inlande. Þær is nān unlæne mann sætan, būtan 1,000 tō 5,000 manna eftsitteaþ þurh ūt þǣm ȝēaregēare æt þā leornunge gesteald sceaterede ymbe þǣm ƿorulddǣleworulddǣle. Ǣnlīc ceald-gerādum plantan and dēoru þolaþ þærþǣr, ymbhabbende penguinas, sēolas, nematōdas, tardigradas, mītan, maniȝummanigum algae cynd and ōþer smældēoru, and ceald-eorðan plantas.
[[Flocc:Antarctica]]
|
