Similarities

Differences

• They both have snow and ice.
• They both have the northern and southern lights.
• They are both freezing and they both have icebergs.
• They both have blizzards and snow storms.
• They both have the most arid places on Earth.

• The Arctic has trees but Antarctic does not.
• Antarctica is a continent land mass but the Arctic is a sea with edges of other countries in the Arctic circle..
• The Arctic has indigenous people and the Antarctic doesn't.
• The Arctic has tundra but not the Antarctic.

Similarities

Differences

• In summer they both aren`t very warm but still quite warm.
• They both are very cold and they both have blizzards.
• They are both below -50 celcius.

• Antarctic has strong winds but the Arctic has mild winds.
• Antarctica is colder and windier than the Arctic.

Similarities

Differences

• Killer whales can tackle elephant seals stingrays, dolphins, sharks and full-grown whales.
• They both have mosses and lichens.
• The Arctic and Antarctic both have seals.
• They both have whales and birds.
• They both have krill and fish.

• The Arctic has polar bears and the Antarctic does not.
• The Antarctic has penguins and the Arctic doesn't.
• The Antarctic has no trees.
• The Arctic has Tundra with rich plant life in Spring and Summer.
• Antarctic has algae but not the Arctic.
• Antarctica has mainly calm animals but the Arctic has some fierce ones.

Similarities

Differences

• Humans are found in both regions.
• There are science stations in both Arctic and Antarctica.
• Science stations are for weighing animals and other experiments..
• They both have people now.

• The Arctic has Eskimos and Antarctica does not.
• The Arctic has igloos and Antarctica does not.
• Long ago, Laps and Eskimos used the northern polar region but nobody lived in the southern polar region.
• There are towns in the Arctic but not in Antarctica - just research bases.
• Antarctica wasn`t found for a long time when the Arctic was already found.
• When the sea is free from the ice in summer in the Arctic the hunter goes after seals.

Natalie Danko, Class Teacher

Class Teacher : Natalie Danko

This page was last modified on 7th April, 1998