Antarctica

Satellite onlīcnes Antarctices.

Antarctica (ēac Andnorþa gēhaten) is sē sūþmesta worulddǣl þǣre Eorðe, under-licgende þæm Sūþende þǣre eaxe. Hit licgeþ on þæt Antarctisc eordor of mæstum sūþe healftryndle, eallmæst hālic sūþ Antarctiscum circule, and is ymbhammen þȳ Flotwege Sūþe. Æt 14.0 millionum km², hit is fīfta-grēatest worulddǣl in grīete æfter Asia, Affrica, Norðamerica, and Sūðamerica. Ymbe 98% of Antarctice is þeahte īse, hwilc medemeum æt læst 1.6 km in þiccenesse.

Antarctica, medemeum, is þæt cealdest, drygest, and winlicest worulddǣl, and hæfeþ þære hēahest medemene uphafennesse of eallum worulddǣlum. Antarctica is bemæt drūgoþ, mid gēarlicum wætan bēonde ǣnlīc 200 mm ymbe sælande and micelum lǣswe inlande. Þær is nān unlæne mann sætan, būtan 1,000 tō 5,000 manna eftsitteaþ þurh ūt þǣm gēare æt þā leornunge gesteald sceaterede ymbe þǣm worulddǣle. Ǣnlīc ceald-gerādum plantan and dēoru þolaþ þǣr, ymbhabbende penguinas, sēolas, nematōdas, tardigradas, mītan, manigum algae cynd and ōþer smældēoru, and ceald-eorðan plantas.