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Antarctica is colder. In Antarctica, there are no people living except for scientific expeditions, and there are Eskimos living in the Arctic.
1. Antarctica has a high latitude, a small solar altitude angle, a long atmospheric path through which solar radiation passes, more solar radiation weakened by the atmosphere, and less solar radiation reaching the ground. At the same time, due to the small solar altitude angle, the area of the same amount of solar radiation is large, and the solar radiation per unit area of the ground is less. The temperature is lower.
2. There is a period of polar night in various places within the Antarctic Circle, and the polar night period at the South Pole is as long as half a year, during which there is no solar radiation income, only heat loss, so the Antarctic is colder in winter.
3. Antarctica is land, and the North Pole is the Arctic Ocean. Because the land has less specific heat, warms up faster and cools down quickly, the Antarctic in winter is colder than the North Pole in winter. This is a key factor in the fact that the Antarctic is colder than the Arctic.
4. Antarctica is a plateau continent with high altitude and lower temperature. This is also an important factor in the fact that the Antarctic is colder than the Arctic.
6. The center of Antarctica is a polar high pressure area, and the airflow flows from the center to the surrounding areas, blocking the warm air from low latitudes from entering the Antarctic continent, and the temperature is low.
7. There is an Antarctic circulation in the periphery of Antarctica, which belongs to a cold snap and has the effect of cooling and dehumidifying.
To sum up, the South Pole is colder than the North Pole.
Antarctic minimum gas temperature.
The lowest temperature in the Arctic is 75 degrees.
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It's Antarctica, obviously. Because the Antarctic is land, the temperature changes more than the ocean, and the Arctic Ocean has warm currents from the oceans, which also causes the Arctic to be less cold.
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South Pole. It was there that the world extreme temperature record was recorded.
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Antarctica should have land.
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Antarctica is cold. The Arctic is a sea surrounded by continents on all sides, with the Arctic Ocean in the middle.
There are only two seasons in summer and winter, and it is dark in winter, and the minimum temperature can reach -60.
Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the sea, with an altitude of 2,350 meters, as the highest continent in the world, more than 95% of the Antarctic continent is covered by ice and snow all year round. The temperature is generally -50 -60, and the lowest can reach -90.
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Is it cold in the South Pole or cold in the North Pole?
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The South Pole is colder than the North Pole. The Arctic is a sea surrounded by continents, with the Arctic Ocean in the middle, and there are only two seasons throughout the year, summer and winter, and no daylight in winter, with a minimum temperature of -40 or less. The Antarctic is a continent surrounded by the sea, with an altitude of 2350 meters, which is the highest continent in the world, and more than 95 of the Antarctic continent are covered by ice and snow all year round, and the temperature can reach -50-60, and the lowest has ever reached.
So it's colder in Antarctica.
Antarctica is a continent with a weak ability to store heat, and the huge thickness of ice has allowed Antarctica to reach an average altitude of 2,600 meters, about 1,500 meters higher than the average altitude of the other six continents on Earth. The heat gained in the summer is quickly dissipated, resulting in an average annual temperature of -56 in Antarctica.
In contrast, the Arctic has a small land area, mostly the Arctic Ocean, and its ice is only about 1 foot thick. Due to the large heat capacity of seawater, it can absorb more heat, so the Arctic Ocean also has a role, that is, an effective heat storage tank. It is able to be in the winter time.
Take advantage of the heat stored in the summer. Can heat the North Pole. And the heat is dissipated more slowly, so the average annual temperature there is higher than that of Antarctica, around 8.
In addition, Antarctica is an ice continent surrounded by the sea, and Antarctica is subject to strong storms all year round, and the thick ice does not melt all year round, so the minimum temperature can reach more than minus 90 degrees Celsius. The Arctic is the opposite, surrounded by continents, with the Arctic Ocean in the middle, and the North Atlantic current flowing into the Arctic Ocean, so the temperature in the Arctic is much higher than in Nanjing. However, the lowest temperature in the Arctic also reached minus 60 degrees Celsius.
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Antarctica is colder because 1 Antarctica is continental, and 2 altitudes are the highest exacerbated by the cold.
The Arctic is an ocean with a low altitude.
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Antarctica is known as the "Ice and Snow Plateau", and it is very cold even during the warm season (November to March). The Arctic region is frozen all year round. As the poles of the earth, is the South Pole cold or the North Pole cold?
The Arctic melt pond formed by the melting of sea ice and surface snow is photographed by Gao Yue.
Let's start by looking at China's bipolar research stations. The Yellow River Station in the Arctic is located at 79° north latitude, and those who visit there in the summer can find that the snow in the bay around the station is melting, tundra plants are flourishing, and seabirds such as Arctic eider ducks and Arctic terns are also active. In contrast, the Great Wall Station and Zhongshan Station in Antarctica are a different scene.
The snow in the station area is difficult to melt all year round, the temperature is very low, and the species of animals and plants are scarce. The data shows that the average annual temperature in the Arctic is around 10, with a minimum record of 70.
The average annual temperature in Antarctica is 25 30, and the lowest record is 90. Obviously, the South Pole is colder than the North Pole!
Photo by Wu Qiong, an Antarctic frozen all year round.
So, what causes the South Pole to be colder than the North Pole?
The first is the topographical difference between the Antarctic and the Arctic. Antarctica is a land area of about 14 million square kilometers, of which about 98 is covered by continental ice sheets, and the average thickness of these ice sheets can reach nearly 2,000 meters, which does not melt all year round. The Arctic region is surrounded by land and the sea, and the Arctic Ocean is mainly surrounded by Eurasia and North America, covering an area of about 13.1 million square kilometers.
The ice surface area is about 8.5 million square kilometers, which is only about 60 of the Antarctic ice area.
Ice and snow in the Arctic melt heavily during the summer, resulting in a smaller summer ice area. In addition, the Arctic Ocean has a large heat capacity and a strong ability to absorb heat, which makes the Arctic much warmer than the South Pole. Secondly, the Antarctic has a higher altitude than the North Pole.
The average altitude of Antarctica is 2,350 meters, of which more than 3,000 meters accounts for about 25 of the Antarctic continent, and the highest is about 5,140 meters, making it the highest continent in the world. Nearly 2 to 3 of the Arctic is ocean, and the average elevation is only about the same as sea level. The higher the altitude, the lower the temperature, so the Antarctic will be cooler than the Arctic.
Finally, the Antarctic has less heat exchange than the Arctic. Due to the westerly circulation and the Southern Ocean circulation around the Antarctic, both the atmospheric circulation and the oceanic circulation of the Antarctic are relatively closed, and the heat exchange with the middle and low latitudes is less, so there is no effective replenishment of heat. In contrast, the Arctic region exchanges atmospheric and oceanic circulation with the middle and low latitudes more frequently, and the heat from the middle and low latitudes can be effectively transported to the Arctic through the circulation, resulting in the Arctic being warmer than the Antarctic.
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It's Antarctic cold! The Antarctic covers a larger area of ice and snow than the Arctic!
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Generally the Antarctic is cold, mainly the Arctic has large areas of land, and the thermal insulation is better.
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Hello, thank you for your patience and heartily answering for you[Happy Duanyun] The Arctic and Antarctica are both extremely cold regions, and the temperature at both poles is extremely low, mostly negative degrees Celsius all year round. The temperature of the Arctic and Antarctic can be influenced by many factors, resulting in different climates. But the temperature in the South Pole is lower than in the North Pole.
The Antarctic ice surface area is much larger than the Arctic ice area, and the lowest temperature recorded at a weather station in Antarctica is Celsius, setting a record for cooling the Earth's surface. Due to Antarctica's proximity to Canada and Antarctica's skies covering large clumps of ice for many years, the temperature is more limited and affected. Second, because the Arctic is surrounded by water, it will be warmer than the Antarctic Sea, and the ice is less dense and not as thick as the ice in the Antarctic, so the Arctic is relatively warmer, and the Antarctic is colder than the Arctic.
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