Antarctica: Overview

It's the closest you'll get to visiting another planet.

Antarctica is the last vast wilderness on the planet. Its gigantic icebergs, mountain ranges and the emptiness of the polar plateau boggle the mind, while its weather curdles the blood. It's beautiful and serene, savage and violent, and its scale is almost unfathomable.

Fast Facts

Country Full Name

Antarctica

Country Dialing Code

+672

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