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Give Reasons :

1. Antarctica is the only white continent.

2. The extraction of minerals does not take place in Antarctica.

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(1) 1. Antarctica is the only continent called white continent.

2. It has a permanent cover of ice.

3. In some places its ice cap is 4,000 metres deep.

(2) 1. The international agreement on the continent of Antarctica does not permit the extraction of minerals. 

2. Hence the extraction of minerals does not take place.

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