Snow algae
Wikipedia.org
Snow algae describes cold-tolerant algae and cyanobacteria that grow on snow and ice during alpine and polar summers. Visible algal blooms may be called red snow or wate READ MORE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_algae
Antarctic hair grass,
by Heather Angel and associates,
Natural Visions,
Photo of Antarctic hair grass, "one of only two flowering plants that grow along the western Antarctic Peninsula."
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The Antarctica is one of the coldest deserts on earth. There are plants that inhabit the area; Antarctic plants include several varieties of lichens, mosses, fungi, liverwort and algae.