Antarctica is nearly twice the size of the United States. Antarctica is a high ice-covered landmass. In the Arctic the landmasses are grouped around ice-covered Arctic Ocean. The climate of the two areas is very different. Antarctica is the coldest area in the world with 30 degrees colder than the Arctic on the average.
Because of this climatic difference, the land animals and plants of the two regions are very different. On the continent of Antarctica, there are very few plants, and Arctic has a many plants. The animal in Antarctica is only penguin, but in Arctic are foxes, bears, reindeer, and lemmings.
Ice is the great feature of Antarctica. More than 4.5 million square mules of ice sheet cover the area and the icecap is very thick, averaging nearly 8000-13000 feet. If this great volume of ice were to melt, the volume of the world oceans would increase, and sea level would rise. Extreme atmospheric changes would have to take place for this happen.
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