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Antarctica History, Map, Climate, & Facts The ice shelves of Antarctica were probably first seen in 1820, during a Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent,…

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