Wildlife
A variety of animals live in Antarctica for at least some of the year, including:
- Seals
- Penguins
- South Georgia Pipits
- Albatrosses
- Antarctic Petrels
- Whales
- Fish, such as Antarctic icefish, Antarctic Toothfish
- Squid, including the colossal squid
- Antarctic krill
Most of the Antarctic continent is permanently covered by ice and snow; less than 1% of the land is exposed. There are only two species of flowering plant, Antarctic hair grass and Antarctic pearlwort, but a range of mosses, liverworts, lichens and macrofungi.
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