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If Antarctica were a country, the national anthem would be “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Here’s the home of the South Pole by the numbers (Fahrenheit):

1. Highest temperature ever-46 degrees

2. Average summer day temperature-1 degree

3. Average winter day temperature-minus 70 degrees

4. Lowest temperature ever-minus 128.6 degrees

5. No wonder Antarctica has 90 percent of the world’s ice