Google Earth...

Here we have a rotated view of the earth over the southernmost tip of South America, and the northernmost tip of Antarctica. South America is the closest continent to Antarctica, with the distance between these two tips at little over 600 miles. I just found this interesting because South America is almost always seen as a lush tropical place, but you never hear much of the sub polar regions to the south, where the world's most mysterious continent is a boatride away.