Antarctica is the worlds southernmost continent. It is covered by ice and snow and has sub zero temperatures daily.
Antarctica has a land mass of 14,000,000 sq km and is covered in a permanent ice cap up to several kilometres thick. North Pole is a polar ice cap floating on the Arctic Ocean, there is no land under it.
There is very limited land available for plant growth in Antarctica, as most of the continent is covered by ice. Only a small percentage of the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands have areas where plants can grow, primarily mosses, lichens, and some grasses. These plants are adapted to the extreme cold and harsh conditions of the region.
Yes, Antarctica is nearly all covered in a thick ice sheet. In fact, about 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice, which averages about 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) in thickness. The ice is so massive that it contains about 70% of the world's fresh water.
There is no land underneath the North Pole - it lies entirely on water. The North Pole sits on a floating ice sheet which is called the Arctic ice sheet.
The North Pole is not on any continent. It is an imaginary point on the Earth's surface that can be reached by travelling over the Arctic Ice Sheet, which forms on the surface of the Arctic Sea.
Antarctica is the continent which is almost completely covered with ice.
Yes.Most of the Antarctic continent is covered in frozen fresh water. It forms the polar ice cap.
Antarctica is the frigid, ice-covered continent around the South Pole. There are no indigenous humans there, and its most prominent animal is the penguin, which is native only to southern oceans. Central Antarctica is covered by a massive ice cap that is a mile thick, formed from snowfall over millions of years. For half of the year, there is almost no sunlight around the South Pole, and Antarctica is surrounded by frozen sea ice. Between 1000 and 5000 scientists are in Antarctica at any given time, and the continent is covered by a treaty that bans industrial development by any country.
Cap's Best Friend
Antarctica has a land mass of 14,000,000 sq km and is covered in a permanent ice cap up to several kilometres thick. North Pole is a polar ice cap floating on the Arctic Ocean, there is no land under it.
Antarctica is 5,400,000 sq miles (14,000,000 sq km) in size. Of this, 5,300,000 sq mi (13,720,000 sq kms) is ice covered, leaving 100,000 sq mi (280,000 sq km) ice free. This works out at 98.15% ice covered, 1.85% ice free.
Yes, You can get a cap.
No, it is actually an ice sheet or ice cap. 98% of Antarctica is buried under ice, in places more than 12,000 feet thick. Antarctica has many glaciers, including those that push into the Southern Ocean along its shores. Even larger structures, the ice shelves, extend into the ocean for many kilometers.
Because it's covered by a snow cap
Because it's covered by a snow cap
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