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Antarctica has the highest average elevation of the seven continents.

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No native people on Antarctica.

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CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.6

Because it is too cold.

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Although scientists and other workers live in Antarctica for about a year at a time.

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These people there to study many things.

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Examine the ozone layer, sleep patterns, and fish survival in subzero temperatures.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

Ninety-five percent of Antarctica covered with ice.

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Antarctica approximately 70 percent of the world's fresh water in its ice.

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CCSS.L.6.3A

Even though Antarctica is covered in ice and snow, it can be considered a desert.

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A desert an area that gets very little precipitation.

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