There's no land at the North Pole. What about the South Pole?

Legolaschic

Er...does the word Antarctica ring any bells...? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_pole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole Nov 14 04, 5:58 PM

Arpeggionist

The South Pole is on the Antarctic continent. This continent is surrounded by cold water, known as the South Sea (really the southern extension of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans). The North Pole is located in the Arctic Ocean, which is surrounded by the cold land in Russia, Scandinavia, Greenland, Canada and Alaska. Nov 15 04, 3:15 AM

picqero

The answer is a bit more complex than you may think. Antarctica is not a single land mass. It is a group of large islands, one of which is probably big enough to warrant being called a continent. These islands are of course connected together by massive ice sheets, but this has not always been the case. Only about 12,000 years ago the ice didn't exist, and you could have sailed between the islands if you'd been around - maybe people did, there's a thought! As the south magnetic pole moves around, it may at times be below the ice sheet rather than below actual land! The geographic south pole does lie on land. Nov 15 04, 10:08 AM

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