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Which best describes the climate of Antarctica?

A.Technically a desert
B.Similar to southern Canada
C.Humid and cold
D.Warm in the summer, cold in the winter

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I want to say B, but im stuck between B and C
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Answer:

A.Technically a desert

Step-by-step explanation:

  • The Antarctica is a dry and cold desert type climate and is thus technically and has an average of 166 mm of rainfall over the surface and snow rarely melts in most part of the content and remains permafrost.
  • Lowest temperature n earth have been recorded to about minus 89.2° C and the highest temperature are up to 17.5 °C, covered by a thick sheet of ice that is average more than 1.6 km. Antarctica contains 90% of the world's ice ad is thus desert climate.
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