WHY IS ANTARTICA UNINHABITED ?

Antartica is the dryest place on earth and it is uninhabited because of the extreme weather conditions and the lack of sustainable recourses. Another reason why it is uninhabited is because people choose not to live there. I am sure if we tried to we could live there but it would be extremly hard.


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Flora and Fauna

Flora:Antarctica flora is mostly liverworts and mosses.Apart from this there is also algae,fungi,bryhoptes and litypes of lichens.In Antarctica two types of flowering plants are colobanthus

Flora also in cludes

Arctic Hair Grass

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Antactic Pearlwort

Antarctic pearlwort, Colobanthus quitensis , with very long flower stalks
Antarctic pearlwort, Colobanthus quitensis , with very long flower stalks

fauna

Salmon Shark

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ArcticTern

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By Paul

Fauna (animals)
  • Rockhopper penguin
  • Chinstrap penguin
  • Emperor penguin
  • leopard seal
  • weddell seals
  • southern elephant seals
  • adelie penguins
  • toothed whales
  • baleen whales
  • krill
  • blue whales
  • killer whales
  • ross seals

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  • algae
  • mosses
  • liverworts
  • lichens
  • fungi
  • moss

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by Jack

SHOULD THERE BE TOURISM IN ANTARCTICA?

Affirmative

  • To have wonderful memories of a unique continent so when your older you can tell your chilldren about your visit.

  • To experience the amazing wildlife such as penguins, seals, whales, fish, birds and much more



NEGATIVE

  • Tourists drop rubbish into the water and the sea animals might swollow it and may choke and die

  • Tourists will drive around in veichles and that will cause pollution which can kill wildlife.


conclusion

In my opinion I think that that there should be tourism in Antarctica but there should be litimates to what the tourists can do.

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