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Introduction to Polar Regions |
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1 The Arctic and Antarctic, covered by snow and ice almost all year round, are the world's coldest biome. The Arctic is the Earth's northernmost area, and it has the Arctic Ocean encircling the North Pole. At the opposite end from the Arctic is Antarctica. Antarctica is an isolated continent with ice more than 12,000 feet thick! The South Pole is on Antarctica. Because Antarctica is very cold, no humans settle there permanently. Together, we call the Arctic and Antarctica the polar regions.