The Antarctic is a continent surrounded by ocean, the Arctic is an ocean surrounded by continents.

The annual mean temperature at the South Pole is -58°F, at the North Pole, a balmy 0°F.

If Antarctica’s ice sheets melted, the world’s oceans would rise by over 200 feet.

Antarctica contains 90% of all the ice on the planet and between 60 and 70% of all of the world’s fresh water.

The antarctic gave birth to one of the largest icebergs on record. With roughly 183 by 23 miles of it above water, it was comparable in size to Connecticut.