What is the largest hot desert? The Sahara is the largest non-polar desert in the world, with an area of about 3.55 million square miles, according to the CIA.

This 2012 satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers on Canada's Ellesmere Island. The ice masses help to spark life in the otherwise barren Arctic environment.

A camel hump contains fat to use as food storage during long desert treks. But that hump didn't originate in the desert, but rather in the arctic.

The Arctic Monkeys' fifth album could be recorded in the desert if rumours from unofficial fan site ArcticMonkeysUS are to be believed.

Large amounts of dust from Asian deserts could be contributing to the warming of Arctic sea surfaces, but satellites are misreading these temperatures as being colder than they are.