One other interesting fact, did you know, anartica is classified as a desert?
Well, it's not surprising, I mean when most people thing of desert they thing of a HOT place with heaps of SAND and no water. However, that is not it's real meaning...well, it is (kind of), but it has other meanings. Look below (http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=desert):

des·ert1 (dzrt)
n.

A barren or desolate area, especially:

A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation.
A region of permanent cold that is largely or entirely devoid of life.
An apparently lifeless area of water.

An empty or forsaken place; a wasteland: a cultural desert.
Archaic. A wild, uncultivated, and uninhabited region.
Greg