ANTARCTIC NEWS

ECOSYSTEM FOUND UNDER ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET RAISES HOPE FOR ALIEN LIFE :

Tiny rock-eating lifeforms have been discovered living half a mile beneath pack ice in Antarctica, raising the prospect that life could exist in similarly hostile environments such as Mars....http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/11046608/Ecosystem-found-under-Antarctic-ice-sheet-raises-hopes-for-alien-life.html

ANTARCTICA

ANTARCTICA IS THE COLDEST AND DRIEST AREA IN THE WORLD.THERE IS NO ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AT PRESENT.

KNOWN FOR	COLD,DRYNESS
AREA	5.4 million sq mi
POPULATION	5000 TEMPORARY RESIDENT
ANIMALS	MITES, NEMATODES, PENGUINS