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Fresh water freezes at 32 degrees F, and that may be the temperature of the ice in your freezer at home. The water in the southern Ocean contains salts and other minerals, and may remain liquid down to about 28 degrees F. So yes, the liquid water in the Southern Ocean may be colder than the ice in your freezer.
The frozen fresh water that covers 98% of Antarctica, however, is at least 32 degrees F, so no, that frozen fresh water is at least the same temperature as the ice in your freezer. Any glacial melt -- running fresh water on the continent -- is warmer than 32 degrees F, or it would not be liquid.
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∙ 10y agoAt the north pole, we have the Arctic Ocean. Ocean currents tend to mix water of different temperatures, so the water of the Arctic gains heat from warmer bodies of water. Whereas, Antarctica is a huge glacier sitting on solid land, which therefore does not benefit from warmer currents of ocean water. That is why Antarctica is 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.
Is the Arctic circle colder or warmer than Antarctica?
Warmer
Is it colder at the antarctic than the arctic?
The antarctic is colder than the arctic because of Antarctica, the continent, on which is stored 90% of the Earth's store of ice.
Is the Arctic generally warmer or colder than Antarctica?
Generally warmer.
Is Arctic's temperature colder than Antarctica's?
No, Antarctica is colder. This is because Antarctica is a continent whereas the Arctic is mostly water, as well as a few other factors. It also has to do with the distance to the sun being a little bit smaller during Antarctica's winter.
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.
By how many degrees Celsius Antarctica is colder than Arctic?
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.
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.
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.
Is Mount Everest colder than Antarctica?
mount Everest is colder than Antarctica
