"Imagine a place as big as the United States and Europe combined. Sunnier than California, yet colder than the freezing compartment of your refrigerator. Drier than Arabia and higher than mountainous Switzerland. Emptier than the Sahara. Only one place fits this description. It's Antarctica. The strange but beautiful continent at the bottom of the Earth." ~ Joseph M. Durant, This is Antarctica
There are few places in the world where there has never been war, where the environment is fully protected, and where scientific research as priority. But there is a whole continent like this - it is the land the Antarctic Treaty Parties call "... a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science."
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