Antarctica is an icecap continent and is located at the South Pole. It is a very cold, icy, windy and isolated place. The average temperature in the Antarctic throughout the year is -50°C. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica is −89.2 °C. Summer in the Antarctic is short with temperatures reaching -30°C. There are no daylight hours in the Winter on Antarctica but in Summer there are 24 hours of daylight.
It is amazing that anyone would want live in such a cold place but surprisingly enough lots of people do. Most of the people that live Antarctica are from government organisations, research teams, universities, employees of various contractors and military groups. Every year the United States of America send 650 people to work on scientific experiments in Antarctica. The population of Antarctica varies from 1,000 people in the winter and 4 to 5,000 people in the summer.
Housing in the Antartic generally consists of green painted buildings which are linked by all-weather corridors. The buildings not only accommodate people but also include kitchen, workshops, laboratories, storerooms and other work spaces that support them. These buildings are known to be cozy because they hold a shop, library, sauna, bar, and a social club that organises special activities and functions including sporting (e.g. skiing) and cultural events.
The shelter and warmth isn’t the only thing that is known to be good in Antarctica, the food is also known to be tasty and delicious. The food in Antarctica isn’t all packet foods, in fact some bases have their own hydroponically (plant roots in liquid nutrients with artificial light) grown vegetables. Or even better they can all look forward to the occasional helicopter delivery of fresh vegetables.
The food is great but how will they ever get any water when it never rains in Antarctica? Well here is how; the water that they drink must be either obtained from the sea or by melting snow.
As mentioned before, the Antarctic is a very hostile place for humans to live and isolated place from the outside world. Therefore communication is vital for those that live there. Radio links are provided to communicate with other field camps or homes.
With all this information you are left with one question, would you want to live in Antarctica?!
Antarctica is an icecap continent and is located at the South Pole. It is a very cold, icy, windy and isolated place. The average temperature in the Antarctic throughout the year is -50°C. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica is −89.2 °C. Summer in the Antarctic is short with temperatures reaching -30°C. There are no daylight hours in the Winter on Antarctica but in Summer there are 24 hours of daylight.
It is amazing that anyone would want live in such a cold place but surprisingly enough lots of people do. Most of the people that live Antarctica are from government organisations, research teams, universities, employees of various contractors and military groups. Every year the United States of America send 650 people to work on scientific experiments in Antarctica. The population of Antarctica varies from 1,000 people in the winter and 4 to 5,000 people in the summer.
Housing in the Antartic generally consists of green painted buildings which are linked by all-weather corridors. The buildings not only accommodate people but also include kitchen, workshops, laboratories, storerooms and other work spaces that support them. These buildings are known to be cozy because they hold a shop, library, sauna, bar, and a social club that organises special activities and functions including sporting (e.g. skiing) and cultural events.
The shelter and warmth isn’t the only thing that is known to be good in Antarctica, the food is also known to be tasty and delicious. The food in Antarctica isn’t all packet foods, in fact some bases have their own hydroponically (plant roots in liquid nutrients with artificial light) grown vegetables. Or even better they can all look forward to the occasional helicopter delivery of fresh vegetables.
The food is great but how will they ever get any water when it never rains in Antarctica? Well here is how; the water that they drink must be either obtained from the sea or by melting snow.
As mentioned before, the Antarctic is a very hostile place for humans to live and isolated place from the outside world. Therefore communication is vital for those that live there. Radio links are provided to communicate with other field camps or homes.
With all this information you are left with one question, would you want to live in Antarctica?!
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By Emma-Jane