Polar Ice Cap

By: Matt Abromavage

What is The Polar Ice Cap?

• A high latitude region of a planet or moon that is covered in ice

Where is it Located?

• Must be centered in a polar region• Located around the North Pole, Greenland,

and Antarctica• Covers 70% of the Arctic Ocean

What is its Temperature?

• The average monthly temperature is the coldest area in the world

• -17ᵒ C (1.4ᵒ F)• For 6 months the sun never appears above the

horizon and temperatures plummet to the coldest experienced ever

What is the Snowfall/Rainfall?

• Ice cap climate is described as a “polar desert”• Combined yearly 0.4 precipitation yearly• 0.03 combined precipitation monthly

What is the Vegetation?

• Only moss and lichen exist

• Due to the harsh weather conditions, traditional plants cannot grow

What Types of Animals?

• Seals• Arctic Birds • Whales• Polar Bears

What Makes it Unique?

• There are ice caps on other planets like Mars• Coldest place in the world

Works Cited

• http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/icecaps.html

• http://effectsglobalwarming.blogspot.com/2008/07/facts-on-polar-ice-caps.html

• http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/question473.htm

• http://animals.pawnation.com/kind-animals-live-ice-caps-3051.html