Why is antarctica sometimes called the "home of the wind"?

Answer 1

This is what I found for you:

General:
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are key elements in the global weather system. This is a system which creates and transfers energy as winds, clouds, rain and all other elements we call "the weather".

Circulation:
The source of this energy is the sun, and because its heating effect is greater at the equator than at the poles, it creates a circulation in the atmosphere. Hot moist air rises over the equator and flows at a high level towards the poles, where it cools and sinks. The equator is therefore a region of low pressure, and the poles are regions of high pressure.

Interaction:
The atmosphere is not a closed system. It interacts with the land, the ocean, and the ice; and the ice in turn interacts with the ocean.Winds create currents in the ocean. The annual cycle of freezing and melting of the sea ice around Antarctica creates a vertical circulation in the ocean.

So I surmise from all this is that this unique environment with a landlocked iceblock at the pole surrounded by a liquid ocean, creates an environment which lends itself to incredible pressure difference between itself and the equator. The resulting pressure difference causes the incredible winds (and the coldest place on Earth) - although I've never heard it called "home of the wind" before.

Answer 2

The Antarctic plateau rises 3-4000m above sea level. The katabatic wind blowing off the plateau produces extreme winds on the margin which are even worse if they are funneled by landforms.

Sir Douglas Mawson led the Australian Antarctic Expedition of 1911 to 1914 to Commonwealth Bay which, he found out, is one of the windiest places in Antarctica. The book he wrote when he returned to Australia is called The Home of the Blizzard. The book is internationally famous.

Sir Peter Scott, son of Robert Falcon Scott, the Antarctic explorer, wanted to write a book called The Eye of the Wind but could find no quotation to back it up. He persuaded the Poet Laureate, John Masefield, to write a poem using the phrase so Scott could quote it.

Answer 3

Antarctica has some of the most severe winds on Earth. The combintion of high wind speeds and freezing cold is apparently deadly enough to kill a man in seconds.

Answer 4

i've never heard that, but it's really windy there so i guess that explains it