Example sentences for: antarctica

How can you use “antarctica” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (The coldest it's ever been, anywhere, interestingly, was recorded in July--July 23, 1983--when it hit minus 129 degrees in Vostok, Antarctica.)

  • Under the treaty, Antarctica is governed through consultative meetings of the nations--now numbering 27--that maintain extensive Antarctic facilities.

  • Although there is obviously much local and mesoscale variation, terrestrial temperatures in the south (excluding Antarctica) are usually warmer, and much less extreme in terms of their absolute range, than those in the north (Figure 1A), especially over the winter months.

  • With a mean annual temperature of 70 degrees below zero Fahrenheit and a surface that is 98 percent covered in ice, Antarctica has no indigenous inhabitants and very few native plants and animals.

  • At 5.5 million square miles, Antarctica is the fifth largest continent (Australia and Europe are smaller), but its forbidding climate has kept the population from exceeding 4,000.


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