POLES APART

We have two poles in our earth there are Antarctica and Arctic.The name Antarctica was coined to mean "opposite to the arctic." Antarctica is a high, ice-covered landmass. The climate of the two areas is very different. Antarctica is the coldest area in the world. It is about 30 degrees colder than Arctic. At the south pole, nearly 10,000 feet high, monthly mean temperatures run well below zero. In contrast, near the north pole monthly mean temperatures often rise above freezing. At both poles, daily temperatures may drop far below the monthly mean. both of them is also have different land animals and plants because of the climatic differences. On the continent of Antarctica, there are very few plants and just have penguin which be famous land animal, but in the arctic there are many plants and the land animal of the Arctic are foxes, bears, reindeer, and lemmings. Ice is the great feature of Antarctica so it can be the store house of about 85 percent of the total world supply of ice. The icecap is very thick, averaging nearly 8,000 feet. If this great volume of ice were to melt, the volume of the world oceans would increase, and sea level would rise.