What Are The Reasons For Development In Antarctica?

Answer 1

Antarctica is extremely cold with severe winds up to 320 Kph. It is a long way from anywhere and would be very difficult to transport all of the necessary building materials and equipment and just as difficult to accomodate all of the construction worker.

Any sort of development on Antarctica would be disastrous to the environment and would open the flood gates for all sorts of other things like mining. At present, the expense and difficulty of developing Antarctica is one way Antarctica is being kept safe. Another is The Antarctic Treaty, which forbids any human activity except in pursuit of science.

Answer 2

There is no mining on Antarctica--it is prohibited by the Antarctic Treaty (1960) which governs all land south of 60 degrees S.

Mining in any extreme environment, especially a polar environment, would be difficult, because extreme environments limit operating abilities of petrol fueled, mechanically leveraged equipment, and lubricants. Everything freezes in extreme polar environments.

Answer 3

Reasons for development anywhere on earth are based in profitability.

The Antarctic Treaty, however, prohibits any effort below 60 degrees South Latitude except the pursuit of science.

Antarctica is reserved for science to study the health of planet earth.

Answer 4

Development would be bad for Antarctica because when we let pollution out into the air we are heating up the air which melts the icecaps in Antarctica.

Answer 5

Because Antarctica is very harsh! You can also get frostbite! Antarctica is the Coldest, Windiest and Driest place on Earth. (Thats right, driest, It only gets about an inch of rain a year!)

Answer 6

Because of its extremely harsh temperatures and living environments.

Answer 7

Because it is too cold for a human to survive there. All human's bodies should be about 37 degrees Celsius.