Antarctica the frozen continent

I read a book about Antarctica by Greg Reid.

I found out that Antarctica is one of the harshest environments for life on Earth.

I didn'tknow that its' isolation and cold climate protected it from discovery for many years.

I didn't know that it was the largest continent in the world and was the last to be discovered.

Ididn't know that New Zealand and Tasmania are exactally the same distance away from Antarctica and that South America is only 960 kilometres away.

I found out that it once went below -89.2 degrees.

I didn't know that it once had forests 150 to 40 million years ago.