Though it experiences freezing temperatures, much of Antarctica is considered a desert because it shares a key quality in
common with other deserts: like all deserts, it has

Antarctica is the continent located around the South Pole, and it is completely covered in ice. Temperatures in Antarctica are always bellow 0 degrees Celsius. Common mistake about deserts is that all deserts are hot. On contrary, besides hot deserts, cold deserts also exist. One of them is Gobi Desert in central Asia. This desert has occurences of snow and frost during winter months.

Antarctica is based on that classified as the cold desert. Another one important feature which this continent puts together with other deserts is lack of precipitation (rain or snow). For example, in Sahara, largest desert in the world, average precipitation is bellow 50 milimeters per year. Antarctica shares same quality. In central parts (Vostok Station) average precipitation is around 20 milimeters. This way we can consider Antarcica a truly desert.

Though it experiences freezing temperatures, much of Antarctica is considered a desert because it shares a key quality in common with other deserts: like all deserts, it has

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Though it experiences freezing temperatures, much of Antarctica is considered a desert because it shares a key quality in
common with other deserts: like all deserts, it has