Whats the worlds biggest desert?
It’s the continent of Antarctica. Never mind sand and the Sahara. The dictionary defines a desert as a vast, wild, barren, uncultivated area, incapable of supporting a considerable population Source: WEBSTER’S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY Coldest place on Earth The coldest natural outdoor temperature ever recorded (as of January, 2000) was at Russia’s Vostock Station in Antarctica. In 1997 the temperature there fell to -91 degrees Celsius (-132 degrees F). At this temperature, steel becomes so brittle it shatters easily. Vostok Station is located in the middle of a vast expanse of uninterrupted ice, on a high plateau about 780 miles (1260 km) from the South Pole. The ice at Vostok is about 3700 meters thick (12,100 feet) and the surface elevation is 3488 meters (11,444 feet). Vostok Station is not only the coldest place on Earth, it is also one of the driest. Because the air is so cold, it can hold very little moisture. The air’s absolute humidity at Vostok is lower than that of
