Antarctica
- 14.0 million km2 in
land mass
- Fifth largest continent
- It contains the geographic
South Pole
- -89oC is the coldest
temperature
- Nearly twice as big as
Australia
- 49 countries signed the
Antarctic Treaty, which protects the ecozone and forbids other activities
- There are research
stations on Antarctica
- Roald Amundsen was the first
person to reach the South Pole
If you
don't know what an ecozone is you can find out here
Arctic
- Arctic region is the northern most point on earth
- Comes from Greek word, ἄρκτος (arktos) which means bear
- -68oC is the coldest temperature
- Global warming is causing the sea ice to get smaller
- Arctic Council is made up of the USA, Finland, Iceland, Denmark (Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Canada, Russia, Norway, and Sweden, who mostly look after environmental issues, not boundary issues
- Polar bears are found in the Arctic, but not in the Antarctic where penguins are found
- No country owns the North Pole or the ocean around it
1 comment:
Hi Robin,
You have presented a lot of information about Antarctica and the Arctic. It can be difficult deciding what is important enough to include when you only have a small space or time to present information.
Using bullet points has made it easy to read the facts you have shared.
Love Mama
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