Antarctica

Antarctica is the coldest of the seven continents, and the only one that doesn't have any actual countires in it. Contrary to popular belief, Antarctica has two C's in its name, not one. It is a landmass, coated completeley in a thick (but thinning) sheet of ice. It is home to several scientific research stations, and not a whole lot else, probably because it is very cold there. Antarctica is much smaller than it looks on the world map you have at home. Since the Earth is a sphere and not a rectangle, the poles are stretched out on rectangular maps, distorting the portrayl of landmasses found there. Anarctica is the second smallest continent, not a gigantic ice-monster that takes up a quarter of the planet.