What are some difficulties people will face living and working in antarctica?

Answer 1

v Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest place on Earth. The lowest temperature ever recorded was -89.6 degrees Celsius. Wind speeds during gales can reach 320km per hour. The average wind speed is over 70km per hour. These conditions can be a difficulty because of the cold, windy weather. v If you are not wearing enough warm clothing while you are at Antarctica, it could result in frostbite. Frostbite is when your body gets so cold, that your fingers and toes could turn black and fall off. v No roads make it hard to locate your position on a map. v Twenty-Four hours of sunlight can make it hard to get some sleep!!!! - Four months of the year, Antarctica receives constant sunlight! - In July there is no daylight at all, which is a difficulty because it would be hard to see, and it would be colder, but obviously nobody would choose to go to Antarctica during that difficult stage. People pretty much only go to Antarctica during the Summer.

Answer 2

Because it's such an extreme land: coldest, windiest, darkest, driest and highest continent on earth -- living there requires humans to dress in government-issue clothing, called extreme cold weather gear.

This is an example of living in a place with no familiar items to remind a human of who he or she thinks he or she is. You don't drive your own car, you don't cook your own food, you don't sleep in your familiar bed and you can't read your favourite books or listen to your favourite music.

Americans, for example, are allowed only 70 pounds of personal gear to live on the continent for 12 months.