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Detailed explanation-1: -Antarctica is a desert. It does not rain or snow a lot there. When it snows, the snow does not melt and builds up over many years to make large, thick sheets of ice, called ice sheets. Antarctica is made up of lots of ice in the form of glaciers, ice shelves and icebergs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Antarctica has an extremely cold, dry climate. Winter temperatures along Antarctica’s coast generally range from-10° to-30°C (14° to-22°F). During the summer, coastal areas hover around 0°C (32°F) but can reach temperatures as high as 9°C (48°F). Precipitation in the Antarctic is hard to measure.

Detailed explanation-3: -Antarctica’s Climate It is, on average, the coldest, windiest, and driest of all the continents on Earth. Technically, Antarctica is a desert because it is so dry there; with an average annual precipitation of just 166mm along the coastal regions, and even less when moving further inland.

Detailed explanation-4: -Antarctica is called Polar Desert because there is little or no vegetation and the continent receives only about 5 to 10 cm of snowfall and no rain at all.