 Originally Posted by Half/Dreaming
So there is land under there? How much?
I did not know specifically so I began to research a little.
I did find this:
Size: 13,209,000 sq km, 5,100,021 sq miles
(varies due to changing ice shelves)

Percent of Earth's Land: 8.9%

Status Antarctica, almost 98% solid ice, was finally considered a continent in 1840, and not just a group of isolated islands. Today it has active territorial claims submitted by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom. (Many of these claims are not recognized by some countries and remain in a constant disputed status)
There is a ton of information about the South pole I did not know.
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