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29 July, 06:57

Which statement does not explain how cold and ice affect the climate in antarctica

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  1. 29 July, 07:12
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    The lowest reliably measured temperature of a continuously occupied station on Earth of - 89.2 °C (-128.6 °F) was on 21 July 1983 at Vostok Station.[3][4] For comparison, this is 10.7 °C (19.3 °F) colder than subliming dry ice (at sea level pressure). The altitude of the location is 3,900 meters (12,800 feet).

    The lowest recorded temperature of any location on Earth's surface was - 93.2 °C (-135.8 °F) at 81.8°S 63.5°E, which is on an unnamed Antarctic plateau between Dome A and Dome F, on 10 August 2010. The temperature was deduced from radiance measured by the Landsat 8 satellite, and discovered during a National Snow and Ice Data Center review of stored data in December, 2013.[5][6] This temperature is not directly comparable to the - 89.2 quoted above, since it is a skin temperature deduced from satellite-measured upwelling radiance, rather than a thermometer-measured temperature of the air 1.5 m (4.9 ft) above the ground surface.

    On the coast Antarctic average temperatures are around - 10°c (in the warmest parts of Antarctica) and in the elevated inland they average about - 55°C in Vostok.[7][8][9]

    The highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica was 17.5 °C (63.5 °F) at Esperanza Base, on the Antarctic Peninsula, on 24 March 2015.[10] The mean annual temperature of the interior is - 57 °C (-70.6 °F). The coast is warmer. Monthly means at McMurdo Station range from - 26 °C (-14.8 °F) in August to - 3 °C (26.6 °F) in January.[11] At the South Pole, the highest temperature ever recorded was - 12.3 °C (9.9 °F) on 25 December 2011.[12] Along the Antarctic Peninsula, temperatures as high as 15 °C (59 °F) have been recorded, [clarification needed] though the summer temperature is below 0 °C (32 °F) most of the time. Severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance from the ocean. East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its higher elevation. [citation needed] The Antarctic Peninsula has the most moderate climate. Higher temperatures occur in January along the coast and average slightly below freezing.
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