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Argentina
Andes, mountain chain in western Argentina
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1956: Antarctica
Antarctica comprises an area of about 6,000,000 sq. mi. Its glacial ice, which may be as much as one mile deep in the interior, amounts to about 86 per cent of the world's total. Since Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer first sighted it on Nov. 18, 1820, men of a number of nationalities have attacked the...
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