Antarctica is the continent which is the most southern area of land on Earth and is mostly 1 with ice. This is one of the driest and 2 places in the world. But people from all over the world come to 3 there. Near the South Pole, three thousand people live together in a place 4 Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
The station has libraries, cinemas, shops, sports rooms, canteens and laboratories. There is electricity, and they have 5 —the system that they use to have a conversation with someone in another place. And they have 6 —electronic machines that store information and use programmes to help them find, organise, or change the information.
But the people here don't travel by car, train, or bus, because there aren't any roads or railways near the station. They travel by ship, helicopter, plane, or snow tractor, or with dogs.
There aren't 7 trees or flowers there, but there are hundreds of different birds and other 8 .
Most of the people here are 9 . They study plants and animals and how ice 10 . The ice can 11 us about changes in climate. Ray Kingman is an 12 at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, telling us on the phone, "This is my second year here. It's a very interesting and beautiful place, but life is very 13 in winter. In summer we can go 14 in hot pools of water. We welcome newcomers here for further 15 of the continent!"
