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- The most extreme cold on the planet.
- A very thick ice sheet.
- Isolation from any town, city or industrial development.
- Having to cross the roughest seas on the planet to get any cargo back to the industrialized world.
- Gigantic icebergs like multi-million tonne ploughs that threaten shipping, platforms and pipelines.
- The annual "icing-in" of the continent when the area around the coasts freeze so that only the most powerful (and expensive) ice breakers can get through.
Antarctica is occupied by a succession of visitors, measured in thousands in the summer and hundreds occupying the various scientific bases in the winter.
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What tribe is the native people from South Pole?
Antarctica is too cold to support animal life: there are no native or indigenous peoples from Antarctica.
What continent does not support human life?
All continents support life, given enough high technology. Antarctica is the only continent without "native" human life.
What do you call the regions on the earth where life is possible?
The regions on Earth where life is possible are called habitable zones. These zones are characterized by suitable conditions such as the presence of water, appropriate temperature, and a stable environment that can support life.
80 s latitude 117 e longitude?
That's near Concordia Station in Antarctica.
What country is opposite Antarctica?
The Arctic is opposite Antarctica. Like Antarctica, no country owns the Arctic
Does Antarctica have sports?
Antarctica is home to no country, so there is no national sport. Antarctica is too cold to support animal life, so establishing a country there is not possible.
Why is life limited in antarctica?
Antarctica is too cold to support life.
When penguins can live in Antarctica why do we say that there is no life in Antarctica?
There is no native human life there.
How do you conserve animal life in Antarctica?
we can conserve animal life in Antarctica by not killing animals
Is it possible for Antarctica to melt all the way?
Antarctica is a continent: continents do not melt.
Is it possible to travel from Antarctica to the Antarctic?
Antarctica is a continent; the Antarctic is the region on earth where Antarctica is located. So in traveling to Antarctica, you are automatically in the the Antarctic.
Is it possible to get to Antarctica by plane?
Yes it is possible to to travel to Antartica by Plane
Where can plant life survive in Antarctica?
Visible plant life in Antarctica can be seen mostly on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Would it be possible to jet-ski to Antarctica?
No.
Where do you find most of the life in the antarctica ecosystem?
You find the most life around Antarctica in the great Southern Ocean in the form of marine life. The continent is too cold to support any kind of animal life.
What marine life lives in Antarctica?
No marine life live on Antarctica: marine life lives in open water. However, marine birds and marine mammals do visit Antarctica's beaches to breed.
Which part of Antarctica has the most marine life?
The Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica has the most marine life. There is no marine life on the continent, unless you consider penguins in your marine life list -- they come to Antarctica's beaches to breed.
