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Antarctica
Antarctica is an uninhabited continent dedicated to science and governed by The Antarctic Treaty. As questions about the highest, driest, windiest, iciest, darkest continent on earth.
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What is the maximum mean temperature in summer and winter in Antarctica?
Because Antarctica is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. Average temperatures in the Antarctic interior get down to -70 degrees Celsius during the winter months and -35 degrees Celsius in the warmer months. The coastal temperatures are much warmer with a range of -15 to -32 Celsius in Winter and -5 to +5 Celsius in Summer. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain. Antarctica has some of the strongest winds on earth, with some winds reaching 320 kph.
What citys or historical landmarks are in antarctica?
If by landmark, you mean a natural formation that can be used to identify a location, then, yes: many prominent mountain peaks and other geographical phenomenon are available all over the continent.
How animals in antarctica can cope with the cold?
Humans wear lots of layers of clothing in Antarctica. In addition, because the weather is so extreme, it's possible to eat additional calories each day to fuel your body so you can maintain your core temperature.
Is the water in antarctica clean?
The frozen fresh water that forms the ice sheet -- covering 98% of Antarctica's surface -- is exceptionally clean.
The sea water that surrounds Antarctica is also clean,, requiring no more than removing the salt to make it potable for human consumption.
How is antactica the coldest place on earth?
Antarctica is the pole that is farthest away from the sun
when the earth is at it's farthest distance from the sun
during it's yearly elliptical orbit.
What is the climate of Antarctica like at its warmest?
The climate if Antarctica is still freezing at its warmest! It is usually about -30°c in the summer! That is about as cold as your freezer!! :P
C.H.
What food do scientists eat in Antarctica?
Antarctica has no fixed population, no own industry and no farming. People there mainly eat whatever it is that they have brought with them.
Do werewolves live in antarctica?
Actually no, there aren't, that's a myth. What your thinking of is The Arctic Wolf. The Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus arctos), also called Snow Wolf or White Wolf, is a subspecies of the gray wolf, a mammal of the family Canidae. Arctic wolves inhabit the Canadian Arctic, Alaska and the northern parts of Greenland.
Antarctica is just above the south pole at the opposite end of the planet from the Arctic wolf. Anarctica is home to Weddell Seals, Orcas, Rockhopper Penguins, Black-browed Albatross, Leopard Seal, Blue Whale, Adelie Penguin, Antarctic Shag, Crabeater Seal, Wandering Albatross, Antarctic Fur Seal, Emperor Penguin, Southern Elephant Seal, Chinstrap Penguin, and the Ross Seal. Because Antarctica is so cold, all of these animals live in or near the water and depend on it for food. They are all protected by thick layers of fat called blubber.
Polar Bears are also often thought to live in Antarctica, but this is also a myth. Polar bears are found at the northern end of the planet in what is known as the Arctic region. There are 19 different populations of polar bears, and all live in the Arctic region. This is the area that is north of the Arctic Circle, which lies at 66 degrees, 32 minutes North latitude. If you're hoping to see a polar bear in the wild, you'd need to go to one of the following countries:
- United States (Alaska)
- Canada, including the provinces and territories of Manitoba, Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon Territory)
- Greenland/Denmark
- Norway
- Russian Federation
Polar bears are native to the countries above, and occasionally are found in Iceland.
Does Antarctica have emperor penguins?
Emperor penguins go to the beaches in Antarctica to breed. That season lasts about three to four months, until the chicks are hatched, molted and ready to dive into the sea. Then all the animals disappear.
Where they 'live' the remainder of the year is a scientific mystery. They are aquatic birds and feed on krill, so they probably live at sea and rest on ice floes when they are not hunting food or being hunted by a hungry predator.
Are people allowed to live in Antarctica?
Answer
It is not "legal" for anyone to move to Antarctica, because The Antarctic Treaty System, signed by 46 countries, some having territorial claims, some without such claims to the continent, preserves it for scientific research purposes. While certain countries reserve the right to make claims in the future, all have agreed not to do so while the treaty is in effect.
This means that no country may enforce its laws in Antarctica; therefore, no one has a right to simply move there and establish ownership rights. No one may stake a claim to any portion of the continent because no government has the legal authority to enforce such a claim against other people.
The ATS further requires signatory nations to pass laws in their own countries, binding their own citizens to the terms of the treaty.
Many sources point out that there are no indigenous people on Antarctica, therefore there is no "government." Never the less, governing functions are carried out according to the ATS with the cooperation of the 46 member nations. Virtually all of Antarctica is claimed by one or more countries however they are neither pressing nor relinquishing their claims. If some group were to move to Antarctica and attempt to set up a government, the claim to that spot of land would undoubtedly conflict with some country's claim and that country would assert its claim against the intruding party. No country would sit quietly by and allow some individual or organization set up a colony on its territorial claim. The ATS might permit the claiming nation to evict the individual or group by using its military forces even though in general the Antarctic is not permitted to be used for military purposes.
The ATS requires member nations to pass laws prohibiting their citizens from acting contrary to the terms of the ATS. Title 16 Chapter 44 Section 2401, et seq. contains a list of prohibited activities as well as both civil and criminal penalties for individuals or organizations of the United States taking actions contrary to the ATS.
Some people might suggest that if there is no law covering the Antarctic then it would be unlawful for any individual, organization or country to evict a colony. This is nonsensical, since, if there is no law governing the area, then it would not be unlawful for one entity to forcibly remove another entity from any location not governed by law.
The ATS also provides in its 1919 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty that for the present actions to exploit mineral resources in the area are prohibited unless done for purposes of scientific research.
In the end, it is all about International Law and cooperation among nations, rather than individual countries exercising sovereignty over territories, that keeps Antarctica pristine.
One last thing about setting up home in the Antarctic. The ATS and Title 16 Chapter 44, Section 2403(b)(2) of the United States Code forbids the introduction of any member of a nonnative species to the Antarctic unless authorized by permit. In other words: NO PETS ALLOWED.
How many layers of clothes do people wear in antarctica?
It's not about how many layers of clothes they wear, it's how the layer is made. In Antarctica, each layer of clothing is usually several other layers stitched together to keep as much heat heat as possible. It also depends on what material is used.
During my year at South Pole Station, my outdoor clothing would be a parka, button-in liner, wool shirt, thermal underwear. The parka had a outer shell, insulating filler, inner shell - so that is 3 layers right there. The liner was also 3 layers. So there were usually 8 layers of material plus trapped air pockets between my skin and the very cold environment. It was about the same for the footwear.
What is the impact of people visiting antarctica?
The social effects of tourism are that the natives are constantly being disturbed because of such world wide tourism.
Are there any Natives from Antarctica?
No, but there are now permanent stations of people there from several countries, for scientific exploration and weather studies.
Antarctica is the only continent in the world not to have indigenous inhabitants. This is mainly because it's so cold, and because it is so isolated. Unlike the Arctic, there is no warmer adjacent land mass from which humans might migrate on a seasonal basis.
Fossils taken from the ice include plants and animals from many millions of years ago, when the continent was in a warmer climate.
Can you get a cold in Antarctica?
Yes, you can catch a cold there.
However, once the station closes in preparation for the winter season, and everyone recovers from their colds, no more colds can be caught. It's too cold for the germs to survive.
What is the average wind speed of Antarctica?
Over the whole continent hard to tell but a wind turbine is being installed at Scott base (New Zealand) because it has an average wind speed of 29 km/h. Vostok station (Russia) has 18 km/h. Mawson Station (Australia) averages 67 km/h the windiest place on earth.
Is antarctica the coldest continent on earth?
It's the fifth largest.
No the continent of Asia is.
Antarctica is the world's largest desert, but it is not the world's largest continent, either by land mass or population.
Antarctica is the world's largest desert, but it is not the world's largest continent, either by land mass or population.
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Why are there no native inhabitants of Antarctica?
There May have been some native peoples living on the coast, but Antarctica is a frozen desert. unlike the Canadian arctic, there is no lakes or rivers in Antarctica, there fore there is no fishing.
What is the only active volcano in antarctica?
One perpetually active volcano on the Antarctic continent is Mt Erebus, the southern most active volcano on earth.
Why do politicians want to develop Antarctica?
politicians actually don't want t develop Antarctica because of the amount of money they will have to spend also because Antarctica is the most common place to get natural resources like coal, oil and krill. (krill is whale and fish)
Who was the first man to insists that Antarctica was a continent?
Nobody has claimed Antarctica as their land. Nobody owns Antarctica or its resources. It is an international responsibility to keep it clean, free and safe from exploitation and human greed.
The following countries have territorial claims in Antarctica for research and scientific purposes in line with the Antarctic Treaty -
Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom.
The following countries have stations on Antarctica irrespective of territorial claims -
Argentina, Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA.
The following countries have stations on the Antarctic Peninsula -
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Korea, Poland, Russia, Uruguay, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA.
The following countries have stations on sub-Antarctic islands -
Australia, France, Germany, South Africa, United Kingdom.
A few of these stations are manned all year round, most are only manned during the summer months and some are only manned occasionally.
What is the temperature of the sea around Antarctica?
This ocean si around 0 degrees or under so you wouldn't want to go swimming in there at anytime.
