Differences and similarities between the Arctic and Antarctica.
Differences. 1.Geographic location. Antarctica is located at the south pole of the Earth. It includes the mainland Antarctica and parts of the World Ocean adjacent to it. The Arctic is at the North Pole. It includes the Arctic Ocean and parts of Eurasia and North America. 2. Animal world. Antarctica is home to seals, elephants and leopards, killer whales and humpback whales, cormorants, petrels and penguins. The Arctic is mainly inhabited by polar bears, bearded seals, seals, seals, beluga whales, gray whales.
Similarities. Climate. Record low temperatures are recorded in the Arctic and Antarctic. In Antarctica, at Vostok station, an absolute minimum of -89.2 ° C was recorded. On average, the temperature here does not change much during the year, it stays in the range from -60 ° С to -75 ° С.