Where Is Antarctica?

Where Is Antarctica?
ISBN-10
1524787590
ISBN-13
9781524787592
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
112
Language
English
Published
2019
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Authors
Who HQ, Sarah Fabiny

Description

"Antarctica, the earth's southernmost continent, was virtually untouched by humans until the 19th century. This [book] introduces readers to the world's coldest, driest, and windiest continent"--Provided by publisher.

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