南極は世界最大の砂漠！？
When you hear the word "desert," you might imagine a hot, sandy place. But actually, Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. A desert is a place that receives less than 250 mm of rainfall per year. Antarctica is a land of extreme cold, but it is also very dry, with almost no precipitation. Its area is about 14 million square kilometers, which is much larger than the Sahara Desert (about 9.2 million square kilometers). So, Antarctica is an "ice desert"!
