{"id":40744,"date":"2017-08-01T16:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T20:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-406608"},"modified":"2023-08-09T17:14:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T21:14:36","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-about-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/frequently-asked-questions-about-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions About Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 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bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrequently Asked Questions\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mcmurdoiceberg_pho_2017333_lrg.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"iceberg floating in McMurdo Sound\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 44% 61%; object-position: 44% 61%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mcmurdoiceberg_pho_2017333_lrg.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mcmurdoiceberg_pho_2017333_lrg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mcmurdoiceberg_pho_2017333_lrg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mcmurdoiceberg_pho_2017333_lrg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mcmurdoiceberg_pho_2017333_lrg.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mcmurdoiceberg_pho_2017333_lrg.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mcmurdoiceberg_pho_2017333_lrg.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Antarctica?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent on Earth. It is almost completely covered in ice. Antarctica covers the Earth\u2019s South Pole.<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Is Antarctica Like?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. The average temperature in the winter is minus 34.4 Celsius (minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit). The temperature in the center of Antarctica is much lower than the temperature on the coasts. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica was minus 89.4 C (minus 129 F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica was 15 C (59 F).<\/span> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">Antarctica has just two seasons: summer and winter. Antarctica has six months of daylight in its summer and six months of darkness in its winter.<\/span> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">The seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth\u2019s axis in relation to the sun. The direction of the tilt never changes. But as the Earth orbits the sun, different parts of the planet are exposed to direct sunlight. During summer, Antarctica is on the side of Earth tilted toward the sun and is in constant sunlight. In the winter, Antarctica is on the side of Earth tilted away from the sun, causing the continent to be dark.<\/span> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">Antarctica is considered a desert because it receives very little rain or snowfall. The small amount of snow that does fall does not melt but builds up over hundreds and thousands of years to form large, thick ice sheets. Antarctica\u2019s terrain is made up of glaciers, ice shelves and icebergs. Antarctica has no trees or bushes. The only plants that can survive the extreme cold are lichens, mosses and algae.<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who Lives in Antarctica?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">Antarctica is too cold for people to live there for a long time. Scientists take turns going there to study the ice. Tourists visit Antarctica in the summers. The oceans surrounding Antarctica are home to many types of whales. Antarctica is also home to seals and penguins.<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Can NASA Learn About Earth from Studying Antarctica?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">NASA uses satellites to study the ice on Antarctica and how the continent is changing. Scientists want to know how changes in Earth\u2019s climate are affecting Antarctica\u2019s ice sheets. They also want to know how changes in Antarctic ice might affect Earth\u2019s climate.<\/span> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">One tool that NASA uses is the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat. Using ICESat, NASA can measure changes in size of Antarctica\u2019s ice sheets. ICESat also helps NASA understand how changes in Earth\u2019s atmosphere and climate affect polar ice and global sea levels. Melting ice sheets may impact sea levels all over the world.<\/span> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">NASA instruments have also helped scientists create detailed maps of the surface of Antarctica. The maps help researchers when planning trips to Antarctica. They also give the public a clearer view of the continent.<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Can NASA Learn About Space from Studying Antarctica?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">Antarctica is also a good place to find meteorites, or rocks that fall from space to Earth. The number of meteorites found in Antarctica is equal to the number of meteorites found in the rest of the world combined. This is because meteorites are easier to see on the white ice, and because meteorites that fall to Antarctica become preserved in the ice.<\/span> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">NASA scientists have used the Antarctic environment to study Mars. The desert conditions in Antarctica are like the conditions on Mars. NASA tested robots in Antarctica that later landed on Mars.<\/span> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: 1rem;color: initial\">NASA scientists also went to Antarctica to study astronaut nutrition. Like people in Antarctica in the winter, astronauts in space are not in the sunlight. The sun helps the human body make vitamins. Scientists study people that visit Antarctica to learn how to help astronauts in space get enough vitamins.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/johnson\/people-of-johnson\/from-psychology-to-space-alexandra-whitmires-journey-and-impact-in-nasas-human-research-program\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jsc2018e085216.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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