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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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Is Antarctica the biggest conntinent on Earth?
Antarctica is considered a continent -- covering 10% of the earth's surface. It is not considered an island.
What soil does Antarctica have?
The Antarctic continent is classified as a desert because of its low humidity -- about five percent.
The continent is covered -- 98% -- by an ice sheet, and the bedrock under the ice sheet is composed of the rocks and rock formations found on every other continent. Since only the beaches are not covered, the 'soil' on the continent is sea-washed stone rubble, like you would find on any beach.
Where do king penguins live in antarctica?
King penguins live at sea as do all penguins. They breed on the sub-Antarctic islands and not on the Antarctic continent.
Since there is no official government, cities, counties or states there, there is no official motto.
However, some say 'it's a harsh continent' is an effective description of 'the ice'.
What are the major activity conducted in Antarctica?
All research focuses on the health of planet earth.
penguins only live in Antarctica, its surrounding islands and southern Australia, Africa, south America and the galapagos.
Any penguins in there native range would have to swim thousands of miles to reach AK.
What would you put in a survival kit to antarctica?
Matches
Sleeping bag
Tent
Food
Compas
Map of antarctica
WARM clothes
water*
Radieo
So obviosly you can't be picky but if you find yourself in this situation (Which i hope you don't) try to go home, if your not sure STAY WHERE YOU ARE!
*If you don't have this, boil snow around you. Most people get dehydradted in winter so drink lots!
When does the Antarctica treaty run out?
The Antarctic Treaty has no expiry date listed in its text.
Modifications to it are possible, however.
To date, no modifications have been ratified, so its original text remains intact.
Read more about it, below.
What can you hear in Antarctica?
When one walks away from the scientific stations where there are people and equipment, there is no sound, except for wind, which blows most of the time.
Sometimes on these walks, one can only hear the sound of the blood cursing through his or her veins in the neck, heard as a heartbeat.
What are some names of people who have been to Antarctica?
These six people are among the thousands who have been to Antarctica:
Sir Robert Falcon Scott
Sir Earnest Shackleton
Dr Edward Wilson
Raoul Amundsen
Sir Douglas Mawson
Will Steger
Why is Antarctica's climate important to other parts of the world?
Antarctica is called the Earth's heat sink, which attracts excess heat from all over the planet.
How many months of darkness in antarctica?
You may be thinking of a period with no sunsets.
At the Antarctic circle, this period is one 24-hour period. At the South Pole, this period is six months.
Everywhere on the continent experiences some time with no sunsets, and the length of time varies depending on where you are on the continent.
Chances of seeing a sunset on the continent in December, however, are slim to none.
How is Antarctica coping economically?
No. Antarctica is a continent dedicated to science; there is no economy there.
What is the coldest Antarctica has ever been?
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.
How scientists get goods in Antarctica?
Supplies are brought to the continent either by airplane or by ship.
How do snow petrels breed in Antarctica?
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.
What caused a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica?
An ozone hole forms when there is no UV-C from the Sun to replace the decay of ozone (both natural and man-caused). This occurs when the pole is having winter.
Antarctica's hole (South pole) is larger than the arctic hole (North pole), because the Earth's magnetic field directs positive charges from the solar wind to it, which is primarily hydrogen, and hydrogen oxidizes to water vapor, which decays ozone. The north pole gets almost exclusively electrons, which tend to make a bit more ozone, although indirectly.
See "Why is an ozone hole formed only above Antarctica and not over developed countries that emit a lot of CFCs?" in the "Related questions" section below.
How much will the sea level rise if the ice in the Arctic and Antarctica melts?
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.
What is the highest average temperature in Antarctica?
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.
Why do bats not live in Antarctica?
No. There is no food chain for bats in Antarctica, and it's too cold for these animals.
How much fresh water is held in Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Southern Hemisphere?
70% of the worlds fresh water and 90% of the worlds ice is stored in the Antarctic ice sheet.
Where abouts do krill live in antarctica?
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.
