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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 mountains divide Antarctica into regions?
East Antarctica (mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere) is the much larger generally oval region of Antarctica, stretching from around 60 degrees W latitude eastward to 160 E latitude, south of Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, and Australia. East Antarctica is almost entirely covered by an ice sheet, and includes the South Pole.
On the other side of the Transantarctic Mountains is West Antarctica, the locations of the Ross, Ronne, and Larsen Ice Shelves, and the Antarctic Peninsula that stretches toward South America.
Why do people want to take minerals from Antarctica?
Due to oil being precious and it ruining out fast people believe its a waste to leave the Antarctica even though we know there may be oil there.
What is the yearly average high temperature of Antarctica?
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.
What do scientists who live in Antarctica do?
Scientists travel to the Antarctic to perform field work based on the investigative question for which they have procured government funding.
Field work includes gathering data and materials to investigate the facts required to address the question at hand.
Scientists investigate questions in the Antarctica that relate to the health of planet earth.
For example, from Wikipedia:
"In biology, fieldwork typically involves studying of free-living wild animals in which the subjects are observed in their natural habitat, without changing, harming, or materially altering the setting or behavior of the animals under study."
About how tall is the ross ice shelf?
According to the British Antarctic Survey:
"The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (an area of roughly 487,000 square kilometres ((188,000 sq mi)) and about 800 kilometres (500 mi) across: about the size of France)."
How do people in Antarctica make a living?
Per the Antarctic Treaty, all activity on the Antarctic continent is conducted in pursuit of science regarding the health of planet earth.
What is the largest city in the continent of Antarctica by population?
There are no cities on the continent of Antarctica.
There are research stations, and there are times when the largest station is McMurdo Station with a transient population of about 1,000 souls.
Sand is tiny bits of stone that do not freeze. Water freezes. Antarctica is the driest continent on earth. So no, there is no frozen sand in Antarctica.
What would you eat if you were stranded in Antarctica?
You would die because there is no food available in Antarctica.
Choice between starve to death, or freeze....
Seriously though- you can survive several weeks without food, but only a few days without water, you would hope to have a radio to call in help.
Captain Scott and his men on the journey to the Antarctic race against the Norwegians. the Norwegians won
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Almost 1,000 people have died in Antarctica since the early 1800s -- in shipwrecks, in accidents, including a major aircraft crash, and in general, all die from some effect of hypothermia, which is fatal.
What temperature is normal in Antarctica?
Antarctica covers 10$ of the earth's surface and is a cold, polar desert. It is the coldest continent on earth, with temperatures ranging from the mid-50s F to the mid-120s F below zero, depending on where you are on the continent, and the time of the year.
What are some pros and cons if Antarctica was developed?
pros: there would be more resources for the earth when runs out of petol and stuff
cons: it would destroy the polar bear and penguin habitat
IT IS FREEZING COLD!
Where does Antarctica rank compared to other continents?
Antarctica is roughly the size of the United States and Mexico combined. It is roughly twice the size of Australia. It is the fifth-largest continent after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America.
Why can butterflies not live in Antarctica?
There is nothing in Antarctica that would support the life of a butterfly.
What groups of people are AGAINST developing Antarctica?
Governments representing 80% of the population of planet earth have agreed that they are against developing Antarctica, and preserving all land south of 60 degrees S for scientific research about the health of planet earth. This agreement is represented by the Antarctic Treaty (1960).
What direction is it from Europe to Antarctica?
The direction from Europe to Antarctica is generally south. More specifically, it would be south-southeast, as Antarctica is located at the southernmost tip of the Earth. This direction can be determined by looking at a map or globe and tracing a line from Europe, which is in the Northern Hemisphere, to Antarctica, which is in the Southern Hemisphere.
Which of these statements describes a limitation of the Antarctic Treaty System?
It does nothing to protect the atmosphere over Antarctica.
What are the deadliest animals in Antarctica?
The most 'dangerous' animal on the Antarctica continent is a human. Mostly, they are found near the beaches, with a few in-land exceptions.
Where will you build a house in antarctica?
There are no houses in Antarctica, because there are no cities, states or countries there.
One would not build a house in Antarctica.
What are the potential uses of Antarctica?
According to the Antarctic Treaty, all land south of 60 degrees S is dedicated to scientific research about the health of planet earth.
The treaty has been ratified or signed by governments representing 80% of the earth's population.
What is the biggest research center in Antarctica?
The largest research station in Antarctica is funded by USA: McMurdo. The coldest research station is funded by Russia: Vostok.
What landform covers central antarctica?
You may be thinking of the ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent.
What are the difficulties in exploring Antarctica?
It is so very cold in Antarctica and very hard to fing food unless you can swim in icy cold water or are extremely fast, and would be ;prepared to eat a wolf or a dead penguin or something along those lines. And course if you had brought food with you.. that's another story.
How long does night time in the winter last in antarctica?
in September, the Sun rises, and then doesn't set again until March.
With that much daylight, we can work pretty much all the time, and we want to work as much as we can. It's not just that we love our work, though we certainly do; we only get into the field for a short time each year, so we want to make the most of it. We run shifts around the clock, each of us working for eight to twelve hours; it doesn't matter which shift each of us gets, because it is always light outside. We sleep less in Antarctica than we usually do-the constant sunlight can make sleeping difficult, and most members of the team work longer hours than they would at home. But we have developed a few tricks to help us sleep-we can cover our portholes with aluminum foil, wear sleep "goggles" or bury ourselves in the blankets!
Unless you live at one of the poles, you probably don't have to take such drastic measures to get to sleep at night; most places on Earth experience daily changes in light, with a period of dark followed by a period of light every day. Why then does Antarctica have six whole months of darkness in the winter and six whole months of lightness in the summer?
In most places on Earth, there are daily changes in light-light all day and darkness all night. These daily changes occur because Earth rotates on its axis, spinning once around in roughly twenty-four hours-slow enough so that we don't get dizzy. For part of that time, the period we call daytime, a given place on Earth, such as your town, faces the Sun. For the remainder of the twenty-four-hour rotation, the period we call nighttime, Earth has turned, and that same area is on the side of Earth facing away from the Sun.
So why do we have changes in daylight over the course of the year?
You've probably noticed that these annual changes in light patterns are tied to the seasons, with a longer daytime period in the summer and a shorter daytime period in the winter. To figure out how daylight is connected to seasons, then, we have to first consider how seasons work.
There are two reasons that we have seasons.
- First, Earth's axis is tilted.
- Second, Earth revolves around the Sun once every 365 days.
