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The difference between the North and South Poles

1. The difference in environment: near the North Pole is the ocean, and there are some lands on the edge, such as Russia, Canada, Northern Europe, and Greenland, so the Arctic is the land surrounding the ocean, and the South Pole is near the continent, and the edge is the ocean, which we call the Southern Ocean, so the Antarctic is the ocean surrounding the land.

Because Antarctica has land, the snow that falls does not melt all year round, forming the world's largest Antarctic ice sheet, with the thickest ice approaching 5,000 meters. Thus, 90% of the Earth's ice is in Antarctica. The high altitude of Antarctica, the Antarctic Ocean Current, and the polar vortex create an extremely cold climate, with an average annual temperature more than 20 degrees lower than that of the North Pole.

2. Political differences: Most of the land in the Arctic has permanent inhabitants and most of them are sovereign (except for Svalbard), while Antarctica has no permanent inhabitants and no sovereignty.

3. The difference between large animals: there are fierce polar bears in the Arctic, and there are no fierce animals on the Antarctic land, and the representative animals are penguins.

1. In terms of geographical location and latitude, the South Pole is at the southernmost point of the earth and within the Antarctic Circle, and the North Pole is at the northernmost point of the earth and within the Arctic Circle.

2. The Antarctic range belongs to Antarctica, one of the seven continents, and it is surrounded by oceans. The Arctic is largely the Arctic Ocean, one of the four oceans, and it is surrounded by land.

3. There is a certain difference in temperature. Antarctica has a large land area, so the temperature is low, basically -80 -60, and although the North Pole is located in the Arctic Circle, the temperature is also very low, but because of the large range of ocean, seawater heat storage is better than land, so the temperature is also higher than Antarctica, the general minimum temperature is about -65.

4. Antarctic animals only have Antarctic characteristic penguins, and there is no vegetation in Antarctica, Arctic animals include polar bears named after the North Pole, as well as various animals in the countries in the Arctic, and there are many plants in some places in the Arctic, including jungle trees and flowers.

In the general sense, "Antarctica" refers to the area south of 60° latitude, including Antarctica and the surrounding seas, with a total area of 52 million square kilometers. Antarctica, which includes the Antarctic continent and surrounding islands, is 14 million square kilometers, ranking fifth among the seven continents, accounting for one-tenth of the Earth's land area and equivalent to twice the land area of China. The South Pacific, South Atlantic and South Indian Oceans, which surround the Antarctic continent south of 60°S, are collectively known as the Southern Ocean and are known as the fifth largest ocean in the world.

The Arctic in a general sense refers to the vast area north of 66°33 north latitude (Arctic Circle), also known as the Arctic region. The Arctic region includes the polar Arctic Ocean, marginal land, coastal zones and islands, Arctic tundra, and the outermost taiga belt.

If the Arctic Circle is used as the boundary of the Arctic, the total area of the Arctic region is 21 million square kilometers, of which the land part accounts for 8 million square kilometers. Some scientists have also taken the average 10 isotherm in July (5 isotherm in the ocean) as the southern limit of the Arctic region from the perspective of phenology, so that the total area of the Arctic region has expanded to 27 million square kilometers, of which about 12 million square kilometers are land area. If the Arctic were to be delineated by the distribution of plant species and the entire taiga belt would be included in the Arctic range, the Arctic region would cover an area of more than 40 million square kilometers.

The difference between the Arctic and the Antarctic is that the Antarctic is centered on the Antarctic continent and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, radiating to the surrounding seas and islands; The Arctic is centered on the Arctic Ocean and is surrounded by Eurasia, North America and Greenland.

The differences between the Antarctic and the Arctic are different locations, different areas, different climates, different polar qualities, etc.

1. The location is different: the South Pole is in the Southern Hemisphere, and the North Pole is in the Northern Hemisphere.

2. Different areas: Antarctica is a general term for the area around the South Pole, including the Southern Ocean, its islands and the Antarctic continent, with a total area of about 65 million square kilometers; Geographically speaking, the Arctic refers to the area north of the Arctic Circle at 66°34 north latitude, with a total area of 21 million square kilometers, of which the land part accounts for 8 million square kilometers.

3. Different climates: The climate in the Antarctic Circle is cold all year round, and the polar night and polar day can be up to half a year are called Antarctic climate, and extreme cold, drought and gale are the three prominent characteristics of this climate; Winter in the Arctic lasts for six months, from November to April, with spring and autumn months and only two months in summer. The average temperature in January ranges from minus 20 to minus 40, while the average temperature in August, the warmest month, only reaches minus 8.

4. The polar is different: the Antarctic is a continent, while the Arctic is an ocean.

Topographic features of Antarctica

The Transantarctic mountain range divides the Antarctic continent into two parts. East Antarctica, which is larger, is an ancient shield and quasi-plain, and the slag across the Antarctic Mountains stretches on the edge of the shield; West Antarctica is a folded belt consisting of mountains, plateaus and basins. There is a subsidence zone between the east and west that stretches from the Ross Sea to the Weddell Sea.

With an average elevation of nearly a few kilometres, Antarctica is the highest continent on Earth. The highest point, the Vincennes Peak in Mary Bird Land, is 5,140 meters above sea level. The hail burns on the mainland are almost entirely covered by snow and ice, with an average thickness of 1,880 meters and a maximum thickness of more than 4,000 meters.

There are many tall ice barriers and icebergs in the oceans around the continent. Only 2% of the continent is not covered by snow and ice all year round, and it is known as the "oasis" of the Antarctic ice sheet, which is the main habitat of animals and plants.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Antarctica.