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In its summer months (December – February) Antarctica is approximately the size of the United States and Mexico. In its winter months (June – August) freezing seawater (sea ice) doubles the area of the continent. We visited the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is a little like going to the Florida Keys and saying you went to North America.
