How far is Antarctica from New York City New York USA?
Your answer depends on where you want to go on the Antarctic continent, which is as large as USA and Mexico combined.
Commercially, you can fly to Australia, New Zealand, Chile or Argentina, South Africa or India, and then devise your route to your ultimate destination. Note that there are some tour boats available to some Antarctic coastal waters, otherwise, you must mount an expedition to your destination.
Quote from the Related Link: "Lake Vostok extends over about 14,000 square km (roughly the size of Lake Ontario) and is overlaid by 3,710 m (12,170 ft.) of ice. It has a maximum depth of 510 m, an average depth of 125 m, a volume of 1800 cubic km, and a bed that is 710 m below sea level."
Is most of antarctica controlled by England?
No. As a result of Australia's pioneering work in Antarctica, 42% of the continent was established as the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) in 1936. In 1947, the Australian Government formed the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) to set up and maintain scientific research stations in Antarctica. ANARE participants come from various Federal and State government bodies as well as universities. Australia shares its Antarctic Territory with other countries, notably Russia, who has a number of stations in the AAT.
How do you drink water in antarctica?
If you want to eat in Antarctica, you have to bring your food with you. All you will find there is ice.
Most places in Antarctica receive no rainfall or snow at all. This is because the very cold air contains hardly any of the water vapour to create rain or snow. This means that Antarctica is the worlds largest desert. All drinking water comes from melting the ice. Fire fighting becomes very diffiult and this is why smoking is banned in most Antarctic bases. - Humanities Alive Geography
Is whaling banned in Antarctica?
Commercial Whaling has been banned since 1986 by the International Whaling commission. However, scientific whaling is allowed to strict quotas.
What are dangerous things in Antarctica?
You could die from hypothermia, fall into a crevasse with no rescue available, slip into the Southern Ocean wearing your extreme cold weather gear and drown, or approach an adult breeding sea bird protecting its chick and be attacked.
Will Antarctica ever be tropical again?
After enormous amounts of global warming, Antarctica may lose a lot of ice, but remember that when it was tropical, it was part of pangea and therefore wasn't as isolated as it is now, so with Its current position at the bottom of the earth, I doubt it would ever be tropical again because of the lack of sunlight
What is the distinguishing feature of Antarctica?
Ninety-eight percent of the Antarctica continent is covered by its ice sheet.. There are several types of ice formations that can be found in Antarctica, including ice walls, ice shelves, and ice glaciers.
What type of thermometer would you use in antarctica?
Your answer depends on the subject being measured. Out of doors, one would choose an instrument that survives in the extreme cold, and delivers data in the measuring system required.
Without endorsement, you can review the different types of thermometers below:
http://www.atp-instruments.co.uk/different-types-of-thermometer
How do dolphins stay warm in antarctica?
Well the water temperature is realy realy low they survive in the water because they have thick layers of skin. and the food well they find food from under the sea
How long is night in Antarctica?
Sunrise at the South Pole is on about the 21st of September every year. Sunset is on about the 22nd of March the following year. The reverse is the case at the North Pole. So a polar day is about 6 months and a polar night is also about 6 months.
How much colder is antarctica compared to UK?
Well Antarctica is all Snow and Ice, no grass, no trees, no green. Temperatures are always Low. There is very little animal life, no grazing animals at all. If you go outside in the winter without heavy clothes, you will DIE.
What four seas form boundaries with antarctica?
I could only find three seas: Weddell sea, Ross sea, and the Amundsen sea. I also found sea ice but I'm not sure if its a sea.
What are the 12 countries of the Antarctic treaty?
There are claims of territory on the Antarctic continent, according to the Antarctic Treaty. When the treaty went into effect in 1960, these were the claimant countries:
Please note that some of these claims overlap each other.
In order to get to your number of 12, you may need to include claims over sub-Antarctic islands.
What are some flowering plants in antarctica?
There are only two flowering plants that can survive in Antarctica. They are the Antarctic pearlwort and the Antarctic hair grass. The remaining plant life is limited to mosses, lichens, and fungi.
Is Antarctica the most mountainous continent?
Antarctica is the highest continent given its size and average elevation.
What is the Antarctic Treaty System's purpose?
In 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was signed by 12 nations, not only to protect the continent and its environment, ignore land claims and prohibit future land claims, but also to ensure that it remains demilitarised.
Indeed, the Antarctic Treaty governs all of the land south of 60 degrees South Latitude, which includes the continent of Antarctica.
It is enforced by peer pressure among governments, and regular inspections.
Recent threats that antarctica has faced?
In January 2008, a previously unknown and unnamed Antarctic volcano erupted blowing a substantial hole in the ice sheet and shot gas and ash 12 km into the air. The volcano, which had not erupted for about 2,300 years, is located close to the Pine Island Glacier. It is said to be the biggest eruption in Antarctica for 10,000 years. Scientists said it may explain the speeding up of historically slow-moving glaciers in the region. Until recently, Mount Erebus was the only active volcano on Antarctica. Other inactive volcanos include Mount Terror, Mount Bird and Mount Terra-Nova. There are about 20 inactive volcanos on Antactica.