why antartic region was so cold compare to the other place?
359371
because its near the south pole, and very little sunlight get there to warm it up.
393129
FIrst the temperature-It is extremely cold in the winter, and cool in the summer.  Then generally the wind-wind can play a major role, especially in mountainous tundra-also in mountainous tundra is the problem of UV radiation.
782130
Yes.\n\nUnder the North Pole is just water- the americans and Russians have been sending submarines under there for years.\n\nAntartica was first recorded as being mapped centuries ago- some guy called Peri Reis (something like that) got credited for it but the map was around too long ago for them to have had the technology to see under the ice. The suggestion being that Antartica used to be warmer. Then Antartica disappeared from maps for several hundred years and only started reappearing fairly recently.\nEven then it has only been in the last 50 years or so that we've managed to be able to establish the shape of the rock below the ice and yes, it matches the Peri Reece (or whatever his name was lol) guys map!
959944
It's because the thinner atmosphere at the higher altitude holds less heat.  The atmosphere and its greenhouse effect is the reason why the night side of the Earth is not frozen, because the atmosphere holds infrared radiation given off by the Earth after it is irradiated by the sun.  But at altitudes where the atmosphere is thinner, it is able to hold less of that warmth.
218545
Yes it cdan be too cold to snow. \n\nThe driest spot on the face of the earth is NOT the Atacama desert, it is the South Pole. From the reference here are figures of mm. of precipitable water vapor in the air measured in 1995:\n\nSouth Pole \nPercentile, Winter  & Summer \n\n25%, .19    .34\n50%, .25    .47\n75%, .32    .67\n\nAtacama\nPercentile, Winter & Summer\n\n25%, .68 1.1\n50%,  1.0 2.0\n75%,  1.6 3.7\n\nThe Atacama is so dry that there are some places in the Atacam where it has never been any measurable rain recorded, in over 100 years of measurements. Yet, the driest season in the Atacama still has considerably more precipitable water vapor in the air than the most humid season at the South Pole.  \n\nSo the answer is, yes it can be so cold that there is no moisture in the air, so it cannot snow.
905784
what is the coldest planet
20979
Hottest Place:  El Azizia, Lybia (150 Degrees)\n\nColdest Place:  East Antartic Ice Sheet (-89.4 Degrees)
259299
only the exact spot at the north pole and south pole have one day per year. Alaska is not at either of these places.\n\nHowever, at the poles, the reason for the one day per year effect is that the earths rotation at these two places does not cause any crossing of the earths terminator (region darkness starts to envelop the earth) at any time of the year. \n\nAreas inside the artic and antartic circles do have extended days (weeks to months depending on how close to the pole), but only the exact spot at the poles have 6 month light/dark phases.
81160
Just compare the North Pole and the South Pole. The South pole is on a continent that is mainly a high plateau (and has a higher average elevation than any other continent). The North Pole has a few islands close by, but is mainly sea ice and polynas. The South Pole as a result is markedly colder and drier than the North Pole. The topography at the South pole also creates much stronger winds due to orographic effects.
580853
Great answers - basically, lack of moisture in the air.\n\nFor some great pictures:\n\nhttp://www.coolantarctica.com/gallery/Antarctica_gallery_home.htm
1016482
The film took place in a harsh part of Antartica where it's the coldest, driest and windiest.  It was about the animals that live there and the scientiests who work there.  I don't know if it ever came to DVD after IMAX.
337268
The north pole is not on a continent.  It is in the middle of the arctic ocean which has a frozen ice cap.
684228
artic...passes through europe asia and North america...Antartic only passes through south america and antartica
959475
The difference comes because of the tilt of our planet in space. Our planet is leaned to one side on her orbit around the Sun and around her central os. So, one of the poles (in this case the north pole) is farther away from the Sun, than is the south pole. And so is with all the areas inbetween on both sides of the equator.\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Earth%2Bwobble
795153
in the northern hemisphere, above the equator, during winter the tilt of the earth spreads out the suns rays over a wider area, so there is less energy per square mile than in summer, that's why it's colder in winter. \n\nIt's colder up in the mountains because the air is thinner, and can hold less energy than the thicker air at lower elevations.\n\nThe earth's distance from the sun varies a bit through the year but it's not much of a factor in the temperatures.  Latitude (distance from the equator) and the seasons are the predominant reasons it's warm or cold.
591984
It gets colder as you go up through the troposphere because the air is "thinner".\n\nThere is less atmosphere here due to less gravity.\n\nB/c there is less air, there will be less heat. Air is an insulator that holds heat. Less air = less heat.\n\n:)
1087706
Well, the weather is certainly a determining factor.  It's sort of tough to live in any place where you know if you walk out on the front porch in your bathrobe to retrieve the morning paper, you'll freeze to death before you're able to bend over and pick it up.\n\nThere's another important reason for it, though.  The various countries of the world got together after the Antarctic continent was discovered and agreed that it should belong to no country-- which is much easier to agree upon when the land is a vast sheet of inhospitable ice and not lush and verdant; then it's easier to slaughter the less developed natives and claim God left you this great uninhabited land as your reward for being a peaceful and righteous people-- and that it really shouldn't be settled except to do scientific research.  Some countries claim land in the continent belongs to them, but their claims aren't internationally recognized and those countries do nothing with the land they claim, due to the limitations of the Antarctic Treaty which governs its preservation for scientific study alone.\n\nSo, beyond the weather, it's also off limits to set up permanent settlements there, or develop the continent's resources, in the same way a public park is off limits to someone who wants to build a house.  \n\nYou can go, you can look around, you can take a scenic stroll and explore the place all you want, but at the end of the day, please go home.\n\nAs a result, when you're in Antarctica, it's the McMurdo research station or bust.