Antarctica

Antarctica

Antarctica ranks 231st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Swaziland, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), and Niue. Memorable people born in present day Antarctica include Emilio Palma. Memorable people who died in Antarctica include Robert Falcon Scott, Carl Anton Larsen, and Lawrence Oates. Antarctica has been the birth place of many celebrities and the death place of many explorers and military personnels.

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi). Read more on Wikipedia