Earth's most extreme places
Chapter 1
Where Earth boils
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Chapter 2
The frozen frontiers
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Chapter 3
Where rain never falls
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Chapter 4
Descending into the abyss
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Earth's most extreme places
Ch 2 · The frozen frontiers
misslily Even when it drops below minus fifty degrees, This syrupy pond is too salty to freeze.
Fun Fact
Antarctic cold: At -93.2°C (-135.8°F), human lungs would bleed if exposed to the air directly for more than a few breaths.
Glossary
iceberg (noun)
A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea. In 2000, Iceberg B-15 calved from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, becoming the largest ever recorded.
A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea. In 2000, Iceberg B-15 calved from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, becoming the largest ever recorded.
Quiz
Which Siberian village is known as the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth?
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Which Canadian mountain recorded a non-polar record cold of -77.5°C (-107.5°F) in 1991?
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What is the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth, measured by satellite in Antarctica?
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What is the name of the massive liquid lake buried under 4 kilometers of Antarctic ice?