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What months are the seas around the french southern and antarctic lands frozen?
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The sea ice freezes around Antarctica in the austral winter months -- about February to October.
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What is the frozen desert?
The Antarctic Desert is a polar or ice desert.
How much fresh water is held in Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Southern Hemisphere?
70% of the worlds fresh water and 90% of the worlds ice is stored in the Antarctic ice sheet.
Why don't fish freeze in Antarctic waters?
The Southern Ocean is liquid under its frozen top, and these animals are adapted to the extreme cold, some with versions of anti-freeze in their systems.
What kind of water can you find in Antarctica?
The ice sheet is composed of fresh water; the Southern Ocean that surrounds the continent is salty -- sea water.
What is the average temperature of Antarctic waters?
The Southern Ocean around Antarctica keeps temperatures between about 32 degrees F -- when the surface is frozen, and about 28 degrees F -- when the water is liquid. The water remains liquid below freezing temperature, because of the high saline content.
Is there fresh water in the Antarctic?
Yes.Most of the Antarctic continent is covered in frozen fresh water. It forms the polar ice cap.
Where is the world s fresh water frozen?
In the polar regions: the Arctic and the Antarctic.
Where in the world can you not find frogs?
The Antarctic because frogs need a source of fresh water in which to breed and all the fresh water in the Antarctic is frozen solid.
What special substance help Antarctic Cod live in -19c?
Antarctic Cod, properly named Antarctic Toothfish, are sea animals with special adaptations to polar cold water. The Southern Ocean can remain liquid to about 27 degrees F, or -2 degrees C, based on high mineral content. At -19 degrees C, water is frozen and contains no life. From the Toothfish Wikipedia entry: "The Antarctic toothfish is noteworthy, like most other Antarctic notothenioids, for producing antifreeze glycoproteins. . .. The presence of antifreeze glycroproteins allows [these animals] to thrive in sub-zero waters of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica."
What is the temperature of Antarctic waters?
If it's water, it is at least 28 degrees F, that is: not frozen.
What is The part of the earth composed of glaciers and frozen polar caps?
Hydrosphere
Is there any Antarctic plants that live on an iceberg?
An iceberg is frozen water. It is not a place where anything grows.
