80%of the world’s freshwater reserves are stored in Antarctica. |
At 0.00008people per square kilometre, it is by far the least densely populated continent. |
2048Exploitation of all mineral resources is banned until 2048 by the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. |
60°Antarctica is defined as all land and ice shelves south of 60° S. |
AQis the two letter country code for the entire continent assigned by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). |