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What months can you go to Antarctica?

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yellowswan996 Discussion Fanatics last edited by

What months can you go to Antarctica?
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yellowcat832 Discussion Fanatics last edited by

The best time to visit Antarctica is between November and March - the months when the sun rises above the horizon, the sea ice melts enough to allow access, and the temperatures nudge above freezing.
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greenmouse228 Discussion Fanatics last edited by

You can go in November, December, early February, mid February and March.
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What is the average elevation of antarctica?
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lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 miles highest point: Vinson Massif 4,897 miles
What is the southernmost seal in Antarctica?
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The elephant seal is the southern most seal.
How much daylight in Antarctica?
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What are the natural resources of Antarctica?
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Scientific expeditions have found valuable minerals in some of these Antarctic areas, including antimony, chromium, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, tin, uranium, and zinc. None approach a grade or size warranting economic interest. Also noneconomic are the very large deposits of coal and sedimentary iron.
If you want to travel from Antarctica to the equator in which direction would you head?
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Easy, north! The equator is also zero degrees latitude.
What kind of plants would you see in Antarctica?
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No plants! Its just snow and ice in Antarctica and you need soil to grow and make plants.
Who populated is Antarctica densely or sparsely?
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Nobody lives in Anatatica. But scientists go their to do research!! 🙂
Why is an ozone hole formed only above Antarctica and not over developed countries that emit a lot of CFCs?
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Chlorofluorocarbon gases (CFCs) take six or seven years to move up to the stratosphere and the winds spread them all round the world.Extreme cold, a freezing vortex wind, frozen stratospheric clouds and 6-month darkness over Antarctica all provide ideal conditions for chlorine to break from the CFCs.The chlorine (and bromine) gases destroy the ozone during spring (Sept to Dec) and this is what causes the ozone hole.More detail:Chlorofluorocarbon gases (CFCs) and related halocarbon gases are the main cause of ozone depletion all over the world. CFCs released from Western countries take several years to reach the stratosphere where the ozone layer is. During that time winds spread them all over the world. In the presence of ultraviolet light these gases release chlorine and bromine atoms which destroy some of the ozone in the ozone layer. This is called ozone depletion. The ozone hole is a related but different phenomenon. The hole is Antarctica occurs in the spring (September to December). It begins with this overall ozone thinning, but it is assisted by the presence of polar stratospheric clouds (PS clouds). During the extreme cold of winter, with no sun for six months, polar winds create a vortex which traps and chills the air; the temperature is below -80 Celsius. The ice in these PS clouds provides surfaces for the chemical reactions that destroy the ozone. This needs light to kick-start the reactions.In spring the sun rises above the horizon and provides energy which starts the photochemical reactions. The clouds melt and the trapped compounds (chlorine and chlorine monoxide from the CFCs) are released. Ozone in the lower stratosphere is destroyed and the ozone hole appears.By the end of spring warmer December temperatures break up the vortex and destroy the PS clouds. Sunlight starts creating ozone again and the hole begins to repair.(A similar hole in the Arctic [but smaller because of warmer temperatures] occurs during spring.)

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What is the average elevation of antarctica?
Antarctica • average elevation antarctica average elevation • • sadgorilla128

What is the southernmost seal in Antarctica?
Antarctica • southernmost seal antarctica southernmost seal • • bigbird816

How much daylight in Antarctica?
Antarctica • antarctica daylight • • brownzebra122

What are the natural resources of Antarctica?
Antarctica • natural resources antarctica natural resources • • organicgorilla832

If you want to travel from Antarctica to the equator in which direction would you head?
Antarctica • antarctica head travel equator direction • • redkoala380

What kind of plants would you see in Antarctica?
Antarctica • antarctica kind plants • • angryelephant726

Who populated is Antarctica densely or sparsely?
Antarctica • antarctica densely antarctica sparsely populated densely • • angrycat662

Why is an ozone hole formed only above Antarctica and not over developed countries that emit a lot of CFCs?
Antarctica • ozone hole hole formed developed countries antarctica cfcs • • smalllion207