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Is it true that the Arctic Circle does not get as cold as Antarctica?
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Yes, on average.
Antarctica is a continent 98% of which is covered by an ice sheet containing about 70% of the earth's fresh water and about 90% of the earth's ice.
The Arctic Circle is a line of latitude that runs through the northern areas of several continents, and through sea water.
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Is true or false the Arctic circle crosses the Southern Ocean?
The continent of Antarctica is encircled by the Antarctic Circle and is almost entirely inside it. The Antarctic Peninsula (near South America) extends the farthest out of the circle.Yes. The Antarctica Circle does cross parts of the continent of Antarctica.
The Tropic of Cancer is to the Tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic Circle is to the North Pole. Is this true?
No. The Tropic of Cancer is to the Tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic Circle is to the Antarctic Circle.
What deserts are in the Arctic and Antarctica regions?
Only Antarctica is a true desert. Most of the Arctic is seasonal sea ice and those few areas of land are mostly considered as tundra.Only Antarctica is a true desert. Most of the Arctic is seasonal sea ice and those few areas of land are mostly considered as tundra.
Is it true that harp seals live in Antarctica?
No. Harp seals are native to the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
True or false the city of Juneau Alaska is located within the Arctric Circle?
False, Juneau is south of the Arctic Circle.
Is it true or false that the jet stream can bring cold arctic air to north America?
true
Is it true that most Canadians live within two hundred miles of the Arctic Circle?
No.
True or False The city of Juneau Alaska is located within the Arctic Circle?
false
Why does Antarctica have only 67 days of sunshine?
This may be true for a single point on the Antarctic continent. Every location south of the Antarctic Circle experiences at least one 24-hour period of no sunrise/ sunset. At the extreme, the South Pole experiences one sunrise/ sunset each year. The corollary is true north of the Arctic Circle.
Is it true during the June solstice the Sun never sets north of the Arctic Circle?
Yes, at the moment of the June solstice every point on Earth north of the Arctic Circle is sunlit.
Do humans live in Alaska's arctic desert?
Actually, Alaska has a lot of tundra in the northern part of the state but this is a distinct biome and not a true desert. Antarctica is a true desert however. People do live in the Arctic Tundra, however.
Write t if the statement is true or f if it is false Northern Europe lies entirely within the Arctic Circle?
False. Only the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and European Russia, are within the Arctic Circle.
