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南极洲面积为1400万平方千米,北冰洋面积为1300万平方千米,二者面积相差不多。南极洲大陆是一片冰雪世界,整个大陆几乎全被冰雪覆盖,冰层平均厚度约2000米,最厚地方达4000米以上。
Antarctica covers an area of 14 million square kilometers and the Arctic Ocean covers an area of 13 million square kilometers. The two areas are about the same. The Antarctic continent is a world of ice and snow. The entire continent is almost entirely covered by snow and ice. The average thickness of ice is about 2,000 meters and the thickest place reaches 4,000 meters.