Antarctica: The Driest Desert

Antarctica may look like endless ice... but here’s a surprising fact. Before you picture

nothing but snowstorms and frozen oceans, let me flip your expectations upside down.

Most people think Antarctica is just one giant freezer, cold, wet,

icy. But what if I told you it’s hiding one of the most

extreme secrets on Earth? It’s actually the driest place on Earth,

some parts haven’t seen rain for two million years. Yes, two...

million... years. There are regions called the Dry Valleys,

and they’re so dry and barren that scientists say they look like the surface of