Antarctica is classified as a desert because it receives less precipitation than the Sahara, yet it holds about 70 per cent of the planet’s fresh water, locked in an ice sheet averaging over two kilometres thick across the continent
Antarctica receives less precipitation than the Sahara, making it a desert by definition — yet its ice sheet, averaging over two kilometres thick, holds about 70 percent of the planet's fresh water…
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