What is the difference between the arctic and Alaska?

Answer 1

* The Arctic has polar bears and the Antarctic does not. * The Antarctic has penguins and the Arctic doesn't. * The Antarctic has no trees. * The Arctic has Tundra with rich plant life in Spring and Summer. * Antarctic has algae but not the Arctic. * Antarctica has mainly calm animals but the Arctic has some fierce ones.

Answer 2

Antarctica is a continent surrounded by salt water: the Arctic is salt water surrounded by continents.

The Antarctic continent is covered -- 98% of it -- with an ice sheet. It is about 30 degrees F colder than the Arctic.

Answer 3

1) The Arctic has polar bears but no penguins

2) Then Antarctic has penguins but no polar bears

3) The North Pole, in the middle of the Arctic, is in over 13,000 feet of water

4) The South Pole, in the middle of Antarctica, is on a plateau almost 10,000 feet above sea level

5) Antarctica gets far colder than the Arctic

Answer 4

The Arctic is a region located around the North Pole and includes parts of several countries, including Alaska. Alaska, on the other hand, is a US state located in the northwest corner of North America. So, Alaska is a part of the Arctic region, but the Arctic is a larger area that encompasses more than just Alaska.

Answer 5

Apart from both being at separate ends of the world, the artic is actually a mass of floating ice, while the antarctic is ice covering solid land.

Answer 6

Alaska has more buildings and pollution so is warmer than antarctica.

Alaska is owned by USA and antarctica is owned by countries that signed the treaty

Answer 7

The Arctic is the North Pole; Antarctic is the South Pole.

The Arctic has polar bears; Antarctic has penguins