What makes Antarctica unique to other continents?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

It has no permanent population, there are no countries, there is an International Treaty governing its use and management, no lakes, no rivers, no mining, 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), it has katabatic winds reaching to 320 kph and, it was the last continent to be discovered and have anybody set foot on it. Apart from all that, it is pretty ordinary.

Answer 3

Antarctica is such a unique continent because there is nowhere else in the world with such a cold(-80C), windy(100kph) winter. Also, there is a time of year where the sun does not shine for about 4 months.

Answer 4

It's not. It's freakishley cold. That aside, it has oxygen.

Answer 5

Its isolation form other continental echosystems and its latitude.

Answer 6

penguens ,lives

Answer 7

Nothing

Answer 8

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