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Is antarctica a continent covered by ice and snow just like the arctic?
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yes, with exception that the arctic's ice is melting
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What is the difference between the arctics and antarctica?
The Arctic is the area around the North Pole and Antarctica is the continent at the South Pole. The Arctic is not actually land but a combination of ice and water, by contrast, the Antarctic is a continent and landmass covered in ice. The Arctic is in the North and Antarctica is in the South. They are both at the Earth's poles but the Arctic is made up of solely ice and is just a collection of large ice caps. Antarctica is actually a continent with ice and solid land too. The biggest difference is that the Arctic region is essentially a frozen ocean surrounded by continents. Antarctica is a frozen continent surrounded by an ocean.
Is there rocks in Antarctica?
Since Antarctica is mostly a Ice-covered landmass, yes. However there are portions that are just perma-frozen sea, like the Arctic.
What the difference between the arctic and Indian ocean?
The Arctic is an ocean. Antarctica is a continent, and is the driest continent, having a relative humidity of about five percent, which classifies it as a desert.
Is the Antarctic warmer that the Arctic?
No, just the opposite. Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the Southern Ocean and is about 30 degrees F colder than the Arctic, which is ocean water surrounded by continents.
What is the differ between North Pole and south pole?
The North Pole isn't a continent. Its just a glacier. The South Pole is a continent. 1, The South Pole is not a continent. It is an imaginary point on the continent of Antarctica. 2, The North Pole is not a glacier. It is an imaginary point on an ice sheet which floats on/covers the Arctic Ocean.
Why is Antarctica called the White Continent?
Arctic is the term for the north pole ice. The north polar regions are called the Arctic, a word that supposedly descends from a Greek word for "bear;" the extreme north was the region of the North Star, and the constellations of and near the North Star are the Great Bear and the Little Bear.The south polar regions are "anti-arctic," that is, as far away from the arctic as you can get. Therefore, Antarctic. Antarctica means Land of the Antarctic.The name Antarctica comes from the Greek antarktikos (ανταρκτικός), meaning "opposite to the Arctic."Antarctica is the opposite pole from the Arctic. Thus anti-arctic is the basis for Antarctica's name.
Is the ice on Antarctica salt water?
Nope...lots of land, even unfrozen lakes, under the ice. Basically, Antarctica is a small continent (say the size of Australia) covered by a sheet of ice...and now it's shrinking. no, underneath the ice is rocky land Edited by Danielle Robertson 5/3/2009 :P
Is antarctica just made up of ice or anything else?
Antarctica is a continent made up of the same materials that make up all continents. Ninety-eight percent of the continent, however, is covered with an ice sheet.
Arctic belongs to what continent?
No, but Antarctica is.No, the Arctic is just an area of ice and snow and some land situated on the north part of Earth.The Antarctice, on the other hand, IS a continents.
Is the Antarctic and the Arctic the same thing?
Antarctica is a continent, the Arctic is open sea water.
Which countries make up the continent of Antarctica?
no countries make up Antarctica Antarctica just makes up Antarctica
Is the Arctic made up of land covered by ice?
Antarctica is land covered by ice while the Arctic is just a solid piece of ice. the statement above is...WRONG!! The arctic is mostly land. Yes it has ice, but mostly land. The antarctic is 98 percent ICE. So really nethir are "completely" ice, but antarctica is the winner.
