Saturday, June 16, 2012

FOR KIDS: The oldest place on Earth

Antarctica may seem like the dead continent, but it once bustled with life, a little of which still survives

Web edition : 5:09 pm

The Friis Hills in Antarctica are dead and dry, nothing but gravel and sand and boulders. The hills sit on a flattop mountain 60 kilometers from the coast. They are blasted by cold winds that scream off the Antarctic Ice Sheet 30 kilometers farther inland. The temperature here falls to -50? Celsius during winter, and rarely climbs above -5? in summer. But an unbelievable secret hides just below.

Visit the new?Science News for Kids?website?and read the full story:?The oldest place on Earth


Found in: Science News For Kids

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