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The Southern Ocean freezes in winter. This ocean surrounds Antarctica. It is open water in other seasons, but generally filled with icebergs.
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Does the antarctic treaty cover the ice and sea or just the ice?
just the ice.
What was the major difference about the arctic and the antarctic?
The Antarctic is a landmass: the Arctic is sea ice.
What covers 98 percent of Antarctica?
No, but 98% of the continent of Antarctica is covered by its ice sheet.
Is the ice caps in the north pole or south pole?
north
How much of the antarctic sea is covered in ice?
The Southern Ocean freezes over around the Antarctic continent, essentially doubling the size of the Antarctic continent. Mathmatically, then, you could say that the size of the continent -- 5.405 million sq miles (14 million km²) -- is doubled.
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.
What sea is south of the Ronne Ice Shelf?
The Antarctic continent is south of the Ronne Ice Shelf. All of the Antarctic continent is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. You can find the Weddell Sea north of the Ronne.
Why Antarctic Circle is more ice than Arctic Circle?
There is a continent south of the Antarctic Circle, while the Arctic Circle surrounds sea ice.
What deep bay was bounded by the antarctic peninsula and coats land?
The deep bay bounded by the Antarctic Peninsula and Coats Land is called Marguerite Bay. It is located along the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula and is known for its significant ice shelves and glaciers.
There are two ice caps on Earth what are their names?
A polar ice cap is a high latitude region of a planet that is covered in ice. The two ice caps on Earth are the Antarctic ice sheet and the Arctic sea ice.
What are the Difference between Arctic and Antarctic regions?
The Arctic region is located around the North Pole and is an ocean covered by sea ice surrounded by land masses, while the Antarctic region is located around the South Pole and is a continent covered by ice. The Arctic has a polar ice cap that floats on the Arctic Ocean, whereas the Antarctic has a high plateau of ice and snow that covers the continent. Additionally, the Arctic is inhabited by polar bears, while the Antarctic is home to penguins.
What are the differences between the Arctic and Antarctic?
The difference is that in the arctic there are Polar bears and in the antarctic there are penguins. You will never find a polar bear in the antarctic and you will never find a penguin in the arctic.
