Why is Antarctica a desert?

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$Aerial view of the ice front of Dibble Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, showing fractured ice and crevasses stretching across a vast, snowy landscape.$

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$Aerial view of the ice front of Dibble Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, showing fractured ice and crevasses stretching across a vast, snowy landscape.$

Wilkes Land

The Dibble Ice Shelf is part of the Wilkes Land region in eastern Antarctica.

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