2007-06-13 04:03:51 · 3 answers · asked by b j g 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Plate Tectonics, Antarctica wasn't always in the South Pole it has moved south over billions of years, it used to be part of Australia and South America
2007-06-13 04:06:16 · answer #1 · answered by Samantha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The continents move in a process called continental drift. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_drift for more about that.)
Antarctica was not always at the south pole, but it moved there over eons of shifting plate tectonics. There is no cosmic reason for it being there, there doesn't have to be land at the poles; it is a fluke. The north pole just doesn't happen to have land.
2007-06-13 11:09:40 · answer #2 · answered by wdmc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It just worked out that the northern part of the earth's axis is in the sea.
2007-06-13 11:06:19 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋