why is Antarctica and uninhabitat continent?
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ᴀɴᴛᴀʀᴄᴛɪᴄᴀ, ᴏɴ ᴀᴠᴇʀᴀɢᴇ, ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴅᴇsᴛ, ᴅʀɪᴇsᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪɴᴅɪᴇsᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜᴇsᴛ ᴀᴠᴇʀᴀɢᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴛs. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴛ, ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ʟᴀʀɢᴇʟʏ ɴᴇɢʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ 19ᴛʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ɪᴛs ʜᴏsᴛɪʟᴇ ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ, ʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴏғ ᴇᴀsɪʟʏ ᴀᴄᴄᴇssɪʙʟᴇ ʀᴇsᴏᴜʀᴄᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ ɪsᴏʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.
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Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents.[6] Most of Antarctica is a polar desert, with annual precipitation of 200 mm (7.9 in) along the coast and far less inland; yet 80% of the world freshwater reserves are stored there, enough to raise global sea levels by about 60 metres (200 ft) if all of it were to melt.[7] The temperature in Antarctica has reached −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) (or even −94.7 °C (−135.8 °F) as measured from space[8]), though the average for the third quarter (the coldest part of the year) is −63 °C (−81 °F). Organisms native to Antarctica include many types of algae, bacteria, fungi, plants, protista, and certain animals, such as mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Vegetation, where it occurs, is tundra.