Antarctica

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The study of Antarctica is useful tous because the more we know about antarctica, the better we can protect it. We can also look for new species of plants and animals

You can find Antarctica south of 60 degrees S. All of the continent is considered a desert, because of its low -- average five percent -- humidity, and lack of precipitation.

Antarctica is the driest continent in the world.

There are no commercial flights to anywhere in Antarctica.

The Antarctic is a region that contains the continent Antarctica. Antarctica is considered a desert, with annual precipitationof only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland.

Primarily because the cost of living, heating, energy, getting things to and from there, and so on are prohibitive. whereas if there were metal deposits in Alaska and they were say, near Juno, it wouldn't be so bad, because there is road transport, close food, fully powered electricity on the grid etc. whereas in Antarctica, there is no electricity on the grid, all electricity is generated using fuel generators, so there is a cost, getting metal from the ground costs more fuel, and you would have to be shipping fuel there on a daily basis to get the place afloat in general. that and Australia is the nearest continent and that is at least 2 weeks away by boat, not to mention getting the stuff across the ice to the boat in the first place.

The whitetail deer can be found on every continent but Australia and Antarctica. Whitetail deer is one of about the 100 types of deer that are recognized in the world.

It depends which desert you mean; Antarctica is a desert and also the coldest place on Earth - averaging -50oC in the winter.

Conversely, the Lut Desert is also a desert and that's the hottest place on Earth - reaching 70oC(!)

Even in "regular deserts" such as the Sahara, there is an enormous range between the maximum and minimum - there is very little moisture in the air to hold heat so the night temperature is very low; travellers have said the saliva freezes in their mouth during the night.

The first day of spring in the Southern Hemisphere is September 21. Antarctica is located in the Southern Hemisphere.

Orcas do not live in Antarctica. Antarctica is a continent and orcas are marine animals.

Orcas swim in the Southern Oceans that surround the Antarctic continent.

Expeditions began in the late 1800s to learn more about this remote part of the earth. Some have been well-documented, others not so much.

Any group that 'goes to Antarctica' can be said to be on an expedition, because there is no commerce, lodging, or other commercial enterprise on the continent.

The number is many, since there are now expeditioners who are paid by people to to take tours -- expeditions -- to the continent.

Wandering Albatross spend about 75% of their lives on the wing over water, searching for food.

These animals breed in the sub-Antarctic islands, and are not found on the continent itself.

You can read more about them, below.

Yes. The ice is thicker in some places than in others. Around the beaches, it's not as thick as it is at the South Pole: more than 10,000 feet thick.

There is no commercial extraction of natural resources from the Antarctic continent as exists on the other six continents.

Antarctica's 'natural research' is scientific data, and since data is factual and constant, there are no sustainability issues related to gathering it.

All the other oceans are North of the Antarctic.

Some years have had as many as 40,000 visitors, 37,000 Tourists and 4,000 Scientists and Workers. 29,000 visited in 2011. The grand total is somewhere near a half Million.

There are no animals on Antarctica; there is no food chain there: it's too cold.

Simply because - a dessert is defined as a place where there is little or no life. In Antarctica, the frozen, snow-covered land covers such as vast area, and has almost no life on it - that it can legitimately be called a dessert !

It is a sweet place, after all.

Eighty percent of the planet's population, represented by their governments, have signed or ratified the Antarctic Treaty.

The treaty preserves all land and ice south of 60 degrees S, for the scientific study of the health of planet Earth. It's Marine Protocols also protect the Southern Ocean and its inhabitants in the same geography.

The reasons for this decision may have been both scientific and practical. Antarctica is too cold to support life, making commercial exploitation very expensive and impractical.

The flight time for flights between the above places is 18.5 hours

This is an approximate travel time. The actual time might change depending on the flight path chosen, weather conditions, etc.

No, not in the standard concept of 'inhabited areas'. Antarctica is home to various research facilities supported by different countries. These facilities are usually less than one square kilometer in size. In the summer, there are usually 4-5,000 people on the continent, and in the winter, less than 1,000.

Antarctica is the coldest continent on earth, and 98% of its surface is covered by an ice sheet. There is relatively no or little humidity on the continent -- less than five percent. These combine to make Antarctica an ice desert.

No, Antarctica is a continent and krill live in salt water. The Southern Ocean which surrounds the continent, however, is home to krill, specifically Euphasia subperba, Antarctic krill, which form the base of the food chain in that ocean.