Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

help spark new life in the surrounding "polar desert" and have provided researchers with rare opportunities to study some of the world's hardiest plant species. The four glaciers — Nukapingwa ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid ... The great polar explorers Shackleton, Amundsen, and Scott all found fossil wood, plants, and coal seams. This is because dense rainforests ...