Is the Arctic inhabited? What is the biggest difference between the Antarctic and the Arctic?

In nature, both the South Pole and the North Pole are very cold, but the climate in the South Pole is much worse than that in the North Pole. The South Pole is known as the "coldest pole in the world", "the windiest pole in the world" and "the driest pole in the world". With such a harsh natural living environment, is there anyone living in the North Pole? Do you know? Do you know if there are people living in the North Pole?

Contents of this article

1. Is the Arctic inhabited?

2. What is the biggest difference between the Antarctic and the Arctic?

3. What is the lowest temperature in Antarctica and the Arctic?

Is the Arctic inhabited?

The Arctic is inhabited. The Arctic region was originally inhabited by indigenous people, called Inuit, also known as Eskimos, who are mainly distributed inside and outside the Arctic Circle from Siberia, Alaska to Greenland. They belong to the Arctic type of the Mongoloid race, and their houses include stone houses, wooden houses, and snow houses.

According to a survey report released by the International Arctic Science Committee, there are about 9 million people living in the Arctic Circle, mainly distributed in Russia, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and other regions, of which the Inuit people are less than 2 million.

The word Eskimo comes from the language of the Algonquin Indian tribe, meaning "people who eat raw meat", but this name has a derogatory meaning, so the Eskimos call themselves Inuit or Inupiat, which means "real people".

What is the biggest difference between the North Pole and the South Pole?

1. Differences in geographical location and topography: Antarctica is a continent surrounded by oceans, located at the southernmost tip of the earth, while the Arctic is an ocean basin surrounded by continents, located at the northernmost tip of the earth.

2. Both the Antarctic and the Arctic are very cold, but the climate in Antarctica is much worse than that in the Arctic. Antarctica enjoys the extreme titles of "the coldest pole in the world", "the windiest pole in the world" and "the driest pole in the world", especially its temperature. The annual average temperature in Antarctica is minus 50 degrees Celsius, while the annual average temperature in the Arctic is much higher, at minus 18 degrees Celsius.

3. Different heat storage capacity: The Antarctic continent has poor heat storage capacity, while the Arctic is an ocean and the heat storage capacity of seawater far exceeds that of the Antarctic continent.

4. The animals that grow there are different: The representative animals of Antarctica are penguins and krill, etc. The representative animals of the Arctic are polar bears and Arctic foxes, etc.

What is the lowest temperature in Antarctica and the North Pole?

Antarctica: The average temperature in the Antarctic region is minus 50 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature is minus 88.3 degrees Celsius. In early 1967, Norway measured a low temperature of minus 94.5 degrees Celsius near the pole.

Arctic: The average temperature in the Arctic is -18 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature is -66.7 degrees Celsius. The lowest temperature of -70 degrees Celsius was recorded in Verkhoyansk, Siberia.