What do Antarctica and Africa have in common?

Answer 1

Similarities They both have very cold temperatures, particularly Antarctica. Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth They're both large islands, but you could fit around five Greenlands into Antarctica. Antarctica is the largest island in the world, followed by Australia They're both mostly in one of the circle, but they both go out of that circle Neither of them touch the tropics Differences Greenland is entirely in the Northern Hemisphere, and Antarctica is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere Whatever season it is in Greenland, it's always the opposite season in Antarctica, and whatever season it is in Antarctica, it's always the opposite season in Greenland They're both very far away from the equator. Greenland isn't the most northerly place in the world, even Northern Greenland isn't, but Antarctica is the most southerly place in the world and Antarctica touches the South Pole, but Greenland doesn't touch the North Pole. The Arctic Ocean touches the North Pole, so the South Pole is covered by frozen land of Antarctica, but the North Pole is covered by frozen saltwater of the Arctic Ocean, so the South Pole is colder than the North Pole Greenland borders onto two oceans, the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, but Antarctica only borders onto one ocean, the Southern Ocean. Although Antarctica is colder than Greenland, the coast of Antarctica is warmer than the coast of Greenland. In the south coast of Tasmania which is the Southern Ocean, the beach can be lovely and warm and people relax on it, but you'd never see people in the sea because of cold currents, but the Arctic Ocean has even colder currents Greenland has a North Coast, a West Coast, a South Coast and an East Coast, but Antarctica is the only island in the world that doesn't have a North Coast, a West Coast, a South Coast and an East Coast because it covers the South Pole and there is nothing on Earth further south than the South Pole, and the same with the North Pole, nothing on Earth further north than the North Pole.

Answer 2

They are both deserts. The definition of a desert is - no permanent surface water, no regular rainfall. Antarctica easily qualifies as a desert. The Sahara is a traditional desert, very hot and dry, very inhospitable with a lot of sand and covers about 9.65 million sq km. Antarctica is a non-traditional desert, very cold, very inhospitable with a lot of ice and covers about 14 million sq km.

Answer 3

The temperatures is very cold, below 50 degrees Celsius. There are blizzards, ice bergs, mosses and lichens, when the ice melts.

Answer 4

they are the two closest continents which are close to the south pole

Answer 5

Both land masses are the poles of the Earth.

Answer 6

The names of both continents begin with the letter A.

Answer 7

They both have an "A" in their name