Fingertips:

1. Driest Place on Earth
(Matching tags: Factoids,Antarctica,Geography,Sahara Desert,Algeria,Ross Island,Rainfall)

In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, Algeria, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic ...

2. Statistics about Antarctica
(Matching tags: Continents,Factoids,Antarctica,Geography)

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water ...