Antarctica

The warmest temperature ever was 59 degrees Fahrenheit. This was recorded along the peninsula, at a lower latitude than the rest of the continent. The weather here is quite different from the brutal cold of the interior.

Supplies are brought to the continent either by airplane or by ship.

Snow petrel is the southern-most breeding bird, because it breeds on the Antarctic continent. It does not live there. It's food chain is in the sea, which is true of all the animals that breed on Antarctica's beaches.

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The ice at the North Pole is floating ice, so its melting will not raise the sea levels. The Greenland ice cap, and any other ice on land in Polar regions will raise the sea levels.

According to the Third Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change, the ice contained within Greenland Ice Sheet represents a sea-level rise equivalent of 7.2 metres. The ice contained within the Antarctic Ice-sheet represents 61.1 metres of sea-level change.

That is, if both the Antarctic Ice-Sheet, and the Greenland Ice-Sheet were to melt, sea-level would rise by 68.3 metres.

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Antarctica is a continent that covers 10% of the earth's surface. The highest average temperature is well below zero F. This is also the location for the lowest temperature ever recorded on earth.

Antarctica is the coldest continent.

No. There is no food chain for bats in Antarctica, and it's too cold for these animals.

70% of the worlds fresh water and 90% of the worlds ice is stored in the Antarctic ice sheet.

Krill live in the southern oceans. but one type called the Antarctic Krill does live in of course the antarctic. Euphausia superba, makes up an estimated biomass of over 500,000,000 tonnes (490,000,000 LT; 550,000,000 ST), about twice that of humans. more than half is eaten by whales, seals, penguins, squid and fish every year, but they are replaced by reproduction. Most krill species have large daily vertical migrations, by doing this they provide food for many other animals.

the two main reasons to research Antarctica is first, the ice under the surface is a time-line of the earth's atmosphere. Antarctica is a dessert and little precipitation and allows for a graphic time-line when drilled out in cores. Secondly, the atmosphere around the poles is important in measuring the global warming and the fear of the rising oceans because of glacial melting.

v Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest place on Earth. The lowest temperature ever recorded was -89.6 degrees Celsius. Wind speeds during gales can reach 320km per hour. The average wind speed is over 70km per hour. These conditions can be a difficulty because of the cold, windy weather. v If you are not wearing enough warm clothing while you are at Antarctica, it could result in frostbite. Frostbite is when your body gets so cold, that your fingers and toes could turn black and fall off. v No roads make it hard to locate your position on a map. v Twenty-Four hours of sunlight can make it hard to get some sleep!!!! - Four months of the year, Antarctica receives constant sunlight! - In July there is no daylight at all, which is a difficulty because it would be hard to see, and it would be colder, but obviously nobody would choose to go to Antarctica during that difficult stage. People pretty much only go to Antarctica during the Summer.

Your answer depends on the type of structure being built.

Research station buildings are built using common building materials, all of which are imported to the continent. Wood, glass and metal are most common.

In an emergency, a person can carve ice bricks from the ice sheet and fashion an igloo.

No country owns any part of Antarctica.

All land and ice south of 60 degrees S is governed by the Antarctic Treaty (1961), and is preserved for the scientific study of the health of planet earth.

Nations including Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Argentina, France and Norway claim territory on the continent, and some of these claims overlap each other. The treaty holds all these claims in abeyance and prohibits future claims.

There is no commercial air service to anywhere on Antarctica.

Landing fields used by government logistical deliveries and exportations can be land, or more commonly ice field runways. Aviation controllers familiar with the military logistical equipment aid in takeoffs and landings.

Each government has a different maximum number, but generally, a temporary worker can remain 'on the ice' for up to 12 months, and then a six-week break 'off the ice' is required in order to return to Antarctica.

Bellingshausen Station is a Russian research station located on King George Island, one of the South Shetland Islands.

Like all scientific research stations south of 60 degrees S, it is governed by the Antarctic Treaty. This means that all the work there is scientific work that studies the health of planet earth.

Generally, across the Antarctic continent, the wind is constant. Blizzards occur frequently, depending on where you are on the continent. One could assume that there may be a blizzard every day somewhere in Antarctica, especially during the Fall, Winter and Spring months. Blizzards also occur during the Summer there.

On February 4, 1902, British Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott made the first flight over the world's most remote continent. Scott went aloft in a tethered hot-air balloon off the Antarctic Coast.

Captain Scott trekked from his base locations on McMurdo Sound to the South Pole.

lots of stuff, warm clothing. Boots, proper boots designed for ice, a compass, maybe some form of moving around other than walking like a snowmobile?? lots of food and water