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Because the Antarctic continent is a land mass covered with an ice sheet, and the Arctic is simply frozen sea ice, Antarctica is about -1 degree C (30 degrees F) colder than the Arctic.
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Is it colder in Antarctica than in the Arctic?
Yes, Antarctica is about 30 degrees F colder than the Arctic, because it is a continent. The Arctic is open water and sea ice.
Why is the Arctic colder than Antarctica?
Antarctica is colder than the arctic because it is a continent with high elevation, which is about 2,800 meters above sea level. The continent is considered a heat-sink for planet earth. Antarctica is about 30 degrees F colder than the Arctic.
What is the climate on Antarctica like on North America?
The two climates are not the same. Antarctica is far colder than North America, as is the Arctic. Antarctica is about 30 degrees F colder than the Arctic.
Which is colder five degrees Celsius or eleven degrees Celsius?
Five degrees Celsius is colder.
Which one is colder 20 degrees Celsius or 30 degrees Celsius?
20 degrees Celsius is colder
Is - 18 degrees Celsius colder or is -9.6 degrees Celsius colder?
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Is it colder in the Antarctic then arctic?
Yes, it is colder, by about 30 degrees F. Why? Antarctica is a continent covered with ice. The Arctic ice simply freezes over sea water. The ice area in the Arctic is significantly smaller than the ice sheet that covers Antarctica.
Which is colder -15 degrees Celsius or -3 degrees Celsius?
-15 degree Celsius is colder than -3 degrees Celsius.
Why is the climate in the Antarctic is so much colder than in the Arctic?
The continent of Antarctica is in the Antarctic, storing 90% of the earth's store of ice. It is about 30 degrees F colder in Antarctica than in the open water of the Arctic ocean. Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the Southern Ocean. The Arctic is open water -- the Arctic ocean -- surrounded by land.
Which place is colder the Arctic or Antarctica?
The Antarctic regions are about 30 degrees F. colder than the Arctic regions, because of the Antarctic continent, the land mass that makes up about 10% of the earth's surface.This land mass and the ice that sits on top of it retains the cold better than the Arctic seas, which can warm, because the sun melts the ice and then warms the water.The Antarctic, on average.
How much colder is -9 degrees Celsius than 9 degrees Celsius?
It is 18 degrees colder.
Which is colder 18 degree Celsius or 20 degree Celsius?
18 degrees Celsius is colder than 20 degrees Celsius.
