why are there no polar bears in the South Pole?
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Polar bears are endemic to the northern polar region for the same reason as elephants are indigenous to Africa and Asia. They just didn't migrate to the areas around what became Antarctica when they had the chance.
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An excellent question!\n\nSince there are no boundries in the polar regions — the Arctic is ocean and the continent of Antarctica has no nations - time zone lines follow longitude lines in these places. \n\nSince all longitude lines come together at the poles, you can walk through all of the time zones in seconds by walking around the pole that marks the South Pole. Imagine walking around the pole in the photo above on this page. \n\nThere's no North Pole pole since drifting sea ice covers the location and anything put there, such as an automated weather station, drifts away. Our story about the Christmas Day North Pole temperature has more on this. \n\nAs a practical matter, having all of the time zones means there is really no time zone for the polar regions. In Antarctica, the U.S. stations uses New Zealand time because most Americans who go to Antarctica for the U.S. Antarctic Program fly to and from there via Christchurch. \n\nOnce you arrive in New Zealand for the U.S. Antarctic Program, you could fly to Antarctica, everywhere that a U.S. airplane could take you on the continent, and back to Christchurch without ever having to change the time on your watch. \n\nSince the only station at the South Pole is the U.S. station, the time used there is New Zealand time.\n\nOther nations tend to use their home time zones in Antarctica, which makes radio and e-mail contacts simpler. \n\nThe permanent research stations in the Arctic are in countries, such as the Barrow Science Center in Barrow, Alaska, and these use the local time. When researchers venture out onto the Arctic Ocean ice, they can use any time the wish. But, in most cases it's probably easier to use the time for the institution, such as a university, that you are working for. \n\nYou can learn a lot more about what goes on in the polar regions by going to our Science, life and travel in the polar regions page
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Google, Wikipedia, and United States Coast Guard maps only indicate Antarctica.\n\nThe only other possibilities, which I doubt, are either New Zealand or Chile.
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People do not live AT the north Pole because it is ocean, frozen in the winter.  They live nearer to the north pole because the is land reaching towards that area from areas that are wram enough to live.  The South Pole is many hundreds of miles from the coast of Antarctica.  Antarctica is completely isolated from major land masses that are populated.  Antarctica is a high ice cover plateau which is much colder than the northern equivalent (see source FAQ for why).\n\nNo people settled in Antarctica.  However these days there are year round scientific stations in Antarctica.  At the very South Pole it would be impossible to live there without modern support infrastructure.  I've spent over 2 years at the South Pole (the actual pole!) working as a scientist.  But in some ways everyone is always just a visitor.  I have a friend that has spent over 5 years there!  He is also still a visitor.\n\nSo - South Pole is much colder.  But the actual North Pole is ocean and no one lives there either.  People live neaer the Norht Pole because it is warmer and closer to inhabited areas.\n\nDAS
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first off.. there are no eskimos in antartica hehe antartica is much much colder, there are a few scientific labs in antartica, maybe a bit more.. but not much.. very very harsh down there
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Living micro-organisms have been found flourishing deep within the ice of Antarctica. Since ice freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, I expect that's as cold as you can get and still allow the little beggars to move about, ingest nourishment and procreate. These are simple single-celled animals. Microbia.
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I doubt a polar bear would be able to survive in tropical conditions, not to mention so many good-looking men being on the same island. ;-)
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The earth is on an axis so the sun doesnt cover the northern and southern regions as well ........i meant the polar regions in this statement
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Because, No one would Want to live there, for any length of time, so, why would anyone spend money on the technology to do so? You could not be outside for any length of time, there are not pizza joints, hello?\n\n \nAntarctica is a country of ice. Because the Earth is tilted, there are six months of light and six months of darkness. The temperatures can drop to below -100 degrees centigrade.\nSome scientists work below ground to record such things as earthquakes. Many scientists live in heated houses, but some homes are also under the ice.\n\nDespite the problems associated with living in Antarctica, significant scientific research has been accomplished, including studies of glaciology, meteorology, geomagnetism, international weather control, seismology, and ionospheric physics. The nutrient-rich oceans that surround Antarctica are an important focus of research. Biologists have discovered that fish in Antarctic waters have an antifreeze component to their blood that allows them to live in subzero temperatures. Studies conducted on the life histories of penguins, seals, and krill (a potential world food source) have provided much new information on the ecology of these species. Internationally conducted studies have resulted in an improved understanding of krill reproduction and allowed scientists to improve their predictions of safe limits for krill harvesting.\n\n Psychological and sleep studies are frequently conducted during the winter, when Antarctica is isolated from the outside world.\n\nTravel in Antarctica is difficult because there are gaps in the ice called crevasses which are extrememly dangerous when hidden in the snow.\n\nAre you Packed yet? LOL
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Elephants because they are stong and can be very agressive. They would use their tusks to stab the polar bear if they don't trample it. Normly, though, most beings just run away at the site of the immense size of an elephant. I'm not saying that the polar bear will run away, but it would probably stand down and be dicouraged.
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Crocodiles tire relatively quickly, and polar bears are well used to wearing down prey. They repeatedly strike at belugas who are trapped in the ice and are forced to surface at a single opening. They do this until the beluga is exhausted and dies.\nTemperature of the water is important for the crocodile , too cold and it would go into a torpor and die. If the water is not shallow enough, say that it is up to the bears shoulders, this would impede the bear and give the advantage to the croc.
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Gosh.. that's a pretty intense question...!  Well for one there'd be no polar ice-caps (well there would but they'd be under the sea), which i suppose means no sub-species like polar bears, leopard seals, emporer penguins etc.\n\nActually, the world would be a much smaller place i reckon, because as the plates on which our land is have shifted north and south so much, if ice was denser than water, surely then ice would drag land with it down to the bottom of the ocean...?  There's probably be no canada, or some of the scandinavian countries.\n\nDuring the ice age, the ice probably would have flattened out all the land outcrops made by volcanic activity.. Ooh.. we'd have no mountains...!! Snow would make the top of them fall off..!!\n\nBut you know what..., if you put ice in your beer, it would stay colder for longer because the warmer beer would constantly be moving upwards from the ice, so your drink would actually get REALLY cold.  which is always a plus.\n\n\nThere'd be no ice-skating though..! - well on real lakes anyway. You could just use an ice-rink, but actually it probably would have never been invented anyway.\n\nOh dear.. I could go on and on and on and on.....\n\nBut i'll stop!
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Sorry i dont know the answer but that is sooooooooo sweet! Every creature matters. I watched Planet Earth on T.V last night and it was heartbreaking to see how the Polar Bears are suffering. We need more caring people in this world! Bless ya.
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The bear from Alaska would dissolve faster in the water, because it would most likely be a POLAR bear!!!
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because gravity points to the center of the sphere, so no matter where you are on teh sphere, the down direction is towards the center of teh planet, wich allows penguins in teh south pole to walk on teh surface of the planet.\nIf you look at constelation however, they do appear upside down when viewed from below the equator, proving that we are walking on a sphere
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No problem with this happening at the north pole....\nIf he goes east along exactly a circle with a circumference of 5 km, around the N Pole (radius about 0.8km)(this makes him start approx. 5.8 km away from the N pole), he ends up in the same place and can shoot any polar bears he likes....
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The answer IS NOT pressure. Pressure has nothing to do with temperatures at the north pole, or why polar bears are white!\n\nThe right answer is "NO"!\n\nSources:\nhttp://fun.egreetingsetc.com/2F/D/AI/index.shtml\nhttp://teensetc.com/0F/0D/BI/index.shtml\nhttp://phunpages.com/1F/D/AI/index.shtml