Antarctica is the coldest, ____, and driest place on Earth. 99% of Antarctica is covered ____ ice about 5 meters ____. The ____ temperature ____ recorded on earth was ____ 89.2 degrees Celsius, registered on July 21st, 1983, at Antarctica's Vostok station. This continent is dry, windy, and very cold. Winds in some places can ____ 320 kilometres ____ hour . There is an area called Dry Valleys that ____ had rain ____ more than a million years! The existence of Antarctica was completely unknown ____ the continent was first discovered in 1820. Antarctica doesn't have a government and belongs ____ no country. It is the only place in the world that is not ruled ____ any nation. There are 30 various countries that operate 80 research stations ____ the continent. In summer, more than 4,000 scientists from all ____ the world work in the research stations. Tourists arrive here, ____. More than 56,000 people traveled ____ Antarctica during the 2018 to 2019 season. Antarctica has ____ trees or bushes. The only plants that can live in ____ a cold place are algae, moss, and fungi. But there ____ a lot of penguins. They live close together in ____ colonies and build their nests on the ice. In the ocean around the continent you can see seals, whales, and orcas, but there are no big or large ____ land animals on the continent. It is ____ too cold!

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