Antarctica

The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude and is located on the continent of Antarctica. Because it is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent.

no because it is the only area left which me haven't exploited to death and it should be kept that way. We should not be mining resources (oil/coal) in the very place which suffers when we use it. it is ridiculous. We should instead be working hard to improve the efficiency of renewables.

Good answer but pros : It will give us the minerals and resources we are fast running out of and could hold answers or information undiscovered before, like new spieces found in the ice etc...

Cons : It is a very delicate ecosystem which is already being damaged by global warming and is the only place which is still untouched in the world, it gives us loads of info like our carbon emmissions by absorbing carbon dioxide and without it we'd be screwed, besides it is bloody freezing and would be really expensive to get there, it is also uninhabitable

To travel from Europe to Antarctica, you would typically travel south. The most common route would involve flying from Europe to a connecting city such as Buenos Aires in Argentina or Cape Town in South Africa, and then taking a flight to one of the research stations in Antarctica. Alternatively, you could travel by ship from a port in South America or South Africa to reach Antarctica.

The number one resource in Antarctica that is being used is data about the health of planet earth.

All land south of 60 degrees S is governed by the Antarctic Treaty, which prohibits extraction technologies and commerce. It dedicates these lands to science, which scientists can use in their work.

Antartica is good for tourism and visiting the vast area. Many people benefit from visiting antartica such as cruise liners as many people want to visit the stunning sight.

Antarctica. The USA has a land area of about 9,363,130 sq km. Antarctica is a continent of approximately 14,000,000 sq km.

No. All bases in the Antarctic are research stations. There is no military activity allowed, except in support of science.

Scott Base is the New Zealand Antarctic research station located on Ross Island, Antarctica. It Is sponsored and funded by Antarctica New Zealand. The US Base, McMurdo Station is also located on Ross Island as well, some 3km away from Scott Base

Scott Base is located at Pram Point on Ross Island about 70 Km from Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross dependency territorial claim. Its coordinates are 77.8500° S, 166.7500° E.

Scientists work temporarily on the Antarctic continent, having been given grants by their governments to study a question that has to do with the health of planet earth.

No. Snow leopards are only found in Asia. The leopard seal is found in the waters around Antarctica, and the females give birth to their pups in dens in the ice around Antarctica. Several species of penguins lay their eggs and raise their young on Antarctica, but there are no species of land mammals that live on the continent.

Antarctica is not considered a state because it does not have a government, a permanent population, or an economy. It is divided up amongst several nations for scientific purposes only. No country actually owns any part of Antarctica even if they have bases there.

I think the treaty system should continue and i think all countries need to do their bit and look after Antarctica as it is very precious and needs protecting as it holds many important resources and if "Global Warming" gets worse the ice could melt and would cause an intense rise in sea levels which would result in the flooding of Low Lying countries.

There are no indigenous inhabitants of Antarctica. The few that live there are research scientists. They survive by living in specially designed housing structures and wearing specialised clothing. Also because humans are warm blooded and lose heat very quickly in freezing temperatures, they have to eat a diet extreamely high in calories to give their bodies enough energy to keep warm.

For getting around on the continent, helicopters are the best flying transport. There are no runways or control towers there to facilitate other types of aircraft. However, the Lockheed C-130 is also used to fly over longer distances, such as to the South Pole, because of their ability to land and take off in rugged terrain..

Antarctica is the highest, darkest, driest, coldest and windiest continent on earth.

All the rivers, creeks, and streams in Antarctica are melt-water streams. Adams Stream flows from Adams Glacier into Lake Miers. Four-mile long Aiken Creek flows from west of Wales Glacier to Many Glaciers Pond, then west to Lake Fryxell. Other rivers and streams include Alp River, Lawson Creek, Onyx River, Priscu Stream, Rezovski Creek, and Surko Stream.

There are no countries on Antarctica and no permanent population. Many countries support scientific research stations on Antarctica.

The South Pole is located on the continent of Antarctica.

Because Antarctica is a polar region, one with no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact Earth's driest continent. Average temperatures in the Antarctic interior get down to -70 degrees Celsius during the winter months and -35 degrees Celsius in the warmer months. The coastal temperatures are much warmer with a range of -15 to -32 Celsius in Winter and -5 to +5 Celsius in Summer.

The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain.

The Antarctic Treaty governs its use and management.

It contains no significant vegetation: it does not rain, it is permanently covered in an ice pack up to 4 Km thick, it has the coldest recorded temperature anywhere in the world (-89.5 C), with katabatic winds reaching to 320 kph.

Antarctica is colder and more heavily glaciated than any other continent, and it has no permanent residents, although there is a scientific research station there. A number of nations have made territorial claims on portions of Antarctica, however, there are no countries there, unlike other continents.

When you enter Antarctica, there is no immigration and customs procedure once you have cleared the immigration and customs of the last country you visited en route to the continent.

It was the last continent to be discovered and have humans set foot on it. Apart from all that, it is pretty ordinary.

All continents have at least one desert.

Europe used to be the only continent without a desert. This is no longer the case. The process of desertification, resulting from degradation of dry farmland, has reached many countries in eastern Europe, particularly within the Russian federation countries. Russia, which is the largest country on the continent of Europe, has over 100 million hectares either affected by desertification or under threat of desertification, that is, the gradual encroachment of desert lands. Antarctica is classified as a desert because it receives less than 250 mm of precipitation per year, and deserts can be cold areas as well as hot.

Yes. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world. You would need to capitalize this word whenever you wrote it. It is considered a 'place'. A noun is a person, place, or thing - and a PROPER noun means that the noun must be capitalized because it names a PARTICULAR (place).

Antarctica is very cold while tornadoes can only form with thunderstorms, which require at least some degree of warm, moist air.

Shackleton was the first to reach the closest point to the South Pole; Shackleton reached 88 degrees 23 minutes on the South Polar Plateau on January 9, 1909.

Antarctica is governed -- as is all of planet earth south of 60 degrees S -- by the Antarctic Treaty, which is a condominium. It is not a democracy.