A place of superlatives

Antarctica is a place of superlatives: it is the coldest, windiest, driest, highest and most remote continent on earth. The continent’s large mass of snow and ice contains around 85 percent of all freshwater in the world. The first tourists to reach it arrived in 1957.

Nowadays, the variety of Antarctica travel itineraries, activities and prices is wider than ever before.

(Adapted from Speak up # 149)

GLOSSARY

freshwater – água doce

to reach – chegar

travel itineraries – roteiros de viagem

wide – amplo

“it”, underlined in the text, refers to