The Arctic encompasses a vast frozen ocean around the North Pole, surrounded by the landmasses of North America, Greenland, Svalbard, Northern Europe and Russia, while Antarctica is a frozen continent anchored by the South Pole and surrounded by vast open oceans.
Does anyone live in Arctic?
In total, only about 4 million people live in the Arctic worldwide, and in most countries indigenous people make up a minority of the Arctic population. Northern people found many different ways to adapt to the harsh Arctic climate, developing warm dwellings and clothing to protect them from frigid weather.
Is Arctic cold or Antarctic?
The Arctic is ocean surrounded by land. The Antarctic is land surrounded by ocean. The ocean under the Arctic ice is cold, but still warmer than the ice!…Really cold, or really, really cold?
| Time of year | Average (mean) temperature | |
|---|---|---|
| Summer | 32° F (0° C) | −18° F (−28.2° C) |
| Winter | −40° F (−40° C) | −76° F (−60° C) |
What are the countries in the Arctic?
How many countries does the Arctic cover? The Arctic region covers parts of eight countries: Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and the United States.
Is Antarctica or Arctic bigger?
The Arctic covers an area of approximately 14.5 million square km (5.5 million square miles). Antarctica comes a close second with an area of about 14.2 million square km (5.4 million square miles), roughly twice the size of Australia.
Is Antarctica just made of ice?
About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1.9 km (1.2 mi; 6,200 ft) in thickness. Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents.
Are there houses in the Arctic?
An igloo is a shelter built from snow and ice. Not all the people of the Arctic built igloos. The Inuit people of Northern Canada built them. Today the Inuit live mostly in wooden houses.
Which country owns the Arctic?
It is the line north of which there is at least one day each year of total darkness and one of total light. Eight countries have territory within it: America (through Alaska), Canada, Denmark (by virtue of Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden.
