Antarctica

Only 2 percent of fresh water is frozen in glaciers.

Snakes, and in fact all reptiles, are cold blooded. This means they can't independently increase or decrease their body temperature and need an external source (the sun, for example) to do so. This means Antarctica, with its polar climate, is way too cold for them to survive in. If they did live in Antarctica their blood would freeze up almost instantly. Also, there isn't a stable food source for snakes to survive on in Antarctica. This is why you won't find snakes, or indeed any type of reptile, in Antarctica.

Water is abundant by melting glacial ice or by desalinating sea water.

yes they do. there are leopard seals elephant seals and many other breeds

that's a hard question to answer but I'd say look at the closest city to hawaii like somewhere in the US to antarctica. sorry my answer is pathetic.

Your answer depends on your mode of transportation and your ultimate Antarctic destination.

If you are flying courtesy of the US Air Force in a C-5 cargo plane, and your destination is McMurdo Research Station, the flight time is about eight hours.

If you are traveling by ship, again, your destination and transport equipment will determine your travel time.

It is one of the most difficult places to live in. It is the most coldest place on earth so you can just about imagine how tough it is.

Antarctica is classified as a desert because it receives very little precipitation, primarily in the form of snow. It is the driest and windiest continent on Earth. While it may have tundra-like characteristics, such as cold temperatures and low-growing vegetation, its classification as a desert is based on its extreme aridity.

The most feared predator in Antarctic waters is the leopard seal. The orca whale is also feared.

There are no animals that live on the Antarctic continent: it's too cold and there is no food chain. Marine mammals and sea birds breed on Antarctica's beaches because there are no land-based predators.

It doesn't matter!We are not allowed to mine any of the resources under Antarctica. However if we were, we would find around 450 million barrels of oil just to start. There would also be some gold, silver, titanium..

Antarctica is larger than Europe.

Antarctica - 14,000,000 sq km (island continent)

Europe - 9,940,000 sq km

Antarctica is larger than Europe, it is known as the white continent not the island continent. It is about 4,060,000 sq. km larger than Europe. While Europe along with Asia is known as eurasia, as it is only separated from Asia by the ural mountains, ural river and Caspian sea.

The continent of Antarctica makes up the land mass. The Antarctic region includes sub-Antarctic islands and the Southern Ocean.

No one lives full time on that continent. It is far to cold. The people that visit it though are repoters, photographers and sciemtists, there to study the land the temp the animals and other things.

they probabaly didn't know about it.

yes of course it is stupid, unless you count the parts that are ice shelves

1st answer: There aren't cities like we normally have, but there are around 60 research stations. Some of these are permanent, and others are temporarily set up in the summer months.

2nd answer: There are no countries or cities on Antarctica and no permanent population. Many countries have scientific research stations on Antarctica.

3rd answer: There are no cities in Antarctica. There are some research stations down there but the area is barely hospitable. The main group of people there are scientists but their permanent residency is always in another country.

4th answer: No. Nor are there any states, city or nation-states, counties or established civilian living enclaves. Antarctica is a continent dedicated to science and is managed under the Antarctic Treaty.

Tourism in Antarctica can educate people into what they can be doing back home to reduce their effect on the environment because instead of just telling people what they are doing, they can show them.

THE ADVANTAGES ARE--------------

IT HAS PROVIDED 20 PERCENT AND MORE JOBS TO MALDIVIANS.

IT IS PROVIDING FOREIGN CURRENCY,

SOME EARLY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES LIKE HANDICRAFTS GAINED IMPORTANCE.

COUNTRY HAS BECOME WELL KNOWN IN GLOBAL DUE TO TOURISM INDUSTRY.

DISADVANTAGES ARE----

MIXING OF CULTURE OR ADAPTATION OF WESTERN CULTURE,

COPYING FOREIGN HABITS AND WAY OF LIVING,

AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT LIKE GROUND AND SEA POLLUTION

MANY PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR TRADITIONAL ACTIVITY FISHING AND JOINED TOURISM.

THANKS,

ARNAB KUMAR ARVIND GANGULY.

29-9-2008,MALE',MALDIVES

There are no land animals on Antarctica.

The only danger to the sea life in the Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica is the natural danger afforded in any animal that is part of any food chain.

July is one of the sunrise-less months and the temperature can dip below 100 degrees F. Add the constant wind to that temperature and you can understand why Antarctica is the coldest, darkest, windiest continent on earth.

Depending on the work, the location and the time of year, a scientist may sleep in a dorm or a tent, eat in a cafeteria or a mess tent, and otherwise spend time in a lab or out of doors in a field camp site.