Antarctic vs Arctic | Difference between two polar regions:Tech Flecks

On our world, we have two polar regions: the Arctic, named after the Greek word for north, Arktikos, and the Antarctic, named after the Greek word for south, Antarktikos. 

The Arctic Ocean, found in our planet's Northern Hemisphere, is an ocean totally surrounded by land. Antarctica, on the other hand, is a continent totally covered by water. As a result, the Arctic has polar bears and no penguins, while the Antarctic has polar bears but no penguins. 

ARCTIC

So, now, let's talk about the Arctic. A huge, ice-covered ocean is surrounded by treeless permafrost in the Arctic region. The area can be defined as follows: The region between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole can be described as the area between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole. Standing at the North Pole for an extended period of time is challenging due to its position in the middle of an ocean surrounded by continually moving, frozen sea ice. If anyone dropped into the ocean at the North Pole, he will be 13,980 feet below the sea level. Average winter temperatures above the water can be as low as -40 degrees Celsius, with the coldest temperature ever recorded being around -68 degrees Celsius. Given the intense harshness of the climate, humans have inhabited the Arctic for thousands of years. Organisms that live in the ice, zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and aquatic mammals, birds, land animals, plants, and human populations all live in the Arctic.  

ANTARCTICA

Now, comes the Antarctica. Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth, and it is home to the geographic South Pole. It is the world's fifth largest continent, almost twice the size of Australia. Almost all of Anarctica is covered in ice that is more than 3 km thick.

Antarctica has some of the world's most severe weather conditions. It is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on the world, with the highest average elevation of all the continents. You will assume that it snows all year at the Poles, but Antarctica does not.While it seems that it snows all year at the Poles, Antarctica is so dry that it is known as a desert, with annual precipitation reaching just 200 millimeters along the coast and much less inland. Antarctica has reached a temperature of -89 degrees Celsius. There are no permanent human inhabitants on Antarctica due to its harsh climate and difficulty of entry, but research stations strewn throughout the continent house between 1,000 and 5,000 people during the year. 

Only cold-adapted species, such as algae, animals, bacteria, fungi, plants, and protista, live there, and only cold-adapted organisms, like many varieties of algae, animals, bacteria, fungi, plants, and protista, survive there. But why is Antarctica colder than the rest of the continent? For instance, most of the world is higher than 3 kilometres above sea level, and temp drops as elevation increases. Which is why mountaintops are coated in snow. Second, bear in mind that even the Arctic is a frozen sea. The ocean under it is colder than Antarctic's frozen land, and this energy is transmitted through the ice pack. This prohibits temperature in the Arctic from approaching the peaks seen on Antarctica's land mass. The climates, in the third position, are plotting against the Antarctic.

It is also winter in the Antarctic during the aphelion in July, at the time when the Planet is the farthest away from the Sun, producing a double whammy of cold for the southern pole. Despite their almost no inhabitants, the North and South Poles play a significant role in the evolution of our world. 

Both of our high latitudes play an important role in climate regulation. They help to keep the temperature in our temperate regions steady by temperature control. Global warming and climate change are causing sea ice mostly in Arctic to melt, making conditions all over the world more unpredictable.

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