Top Places To Visit in Cool Lonely Planet Antarctica

Land of extremes called Antarctica, Coldest of Earth’s continents and fifth largest continent in the world. Antarctica has a lot of amazing scenery and tremendous and unique wildlife.

• Area of Antarctica:
  
  14.0 million km2 (5.4 million sq mi), 98% covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, 1.6 km (1.0 mi) thick about 90% of the world’s ice.


• Highest peak:
  
  4,892 m (16,050 ft).


• Minimum Temperature:
  
  Between −80 °C (−112 °F) and −90 °C (−130 °F) in winter.


• Maximum Temperature:
  
  Between 5 °C (41 °F) and 15 °C (59 °F) in summer.

Some of the cool places of Antarctica are below,

Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Aurora australis (Southern Light) over icebergs

Crab-Eater Seals, Peterman Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Icebreaking McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Pleneau Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Sandy Bay at Dawn, Macquarie Island, Antarctica

Dumont D-Urville, Terre Adelie Coast, East Antarctica

Top Places To Visit in Cool Lonely Planet Antarctica