Relating to the region around the South Pole and the continent of Antarctica; extremely cold.
From Greek 'antarktikos,' where 'anti-' means 'opposite' and 'arktikos' relates to 'arktos' (bear, the northern constellation). The name literally means 'opposite of the Arctic.'
Antarctica is the only continent with no permanent human residents or indigenous people—it's so extreme that even microorganisms have to hide inside rocks to survive, making it Earth's harshest laboratory!
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