If someone lives in Antarctica, why in the world would someone live in a cold place like that?
2007-07-01 16:25:53 · 13 answers · asked by kenny r 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No permanent resident, but it is STILL a continent
2007-07-01 16:39:05 · answer #1 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you decide something's a continent by whether people live there or not. It has to be a land mass of a certain size, I believe.
There are scientists who live on Antarctica. During the winter there (which is summer in the northern hemisphere), they can't even get supplies because planes cannot function in that cold. Why do they live there? To do scientific studies. They don't stay there forever--"shifts" of scientists come and go.
Nobody just has a home there; it's almost impossible for humans to survive there during the winter, when there is not only intense cold but also no sunlight.
2007-07-01 16:31:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The five Olympic rings do not actually represent the continents but rather the five major regions of the world: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. The America's have 2 continents, North and South, Oceania refers to Austrialia and the inclusion of Antartica as a continent in 1840 makes 7. Unless of course you believe that Atlantis is a lost continent!
2016-04-01 03:00:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's mostly inhabited by scientists, but permanent human habitation isn't required for it to be a continent. It's a large, discrete land mass, separate from all the others. In that respect it can better be called a continent than Europe.
2007-07-01 16:32:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Continents are designations for large bodies of land and do not have anything to do with having people live on them. For instance, we have 9 planets in the solar system. People only live on one of these planets, but this does not change the fact that there are 8 other planets.
2007-07-01 16:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by StrWtchr 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is a continent because the land mass is so big and no one lives there on a permanent basis because it is too damned cold.
2007-07-01 16:29:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think theres any permenant residents there, but being a continent has more to do with geography then population. It has things to do with the plates that earths surface has (the same ones that cause earthquakes in california and such)
2007-07-01 16:29:42 · answer #7 · answered by Fresh Boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was established as belonging to no one by a treaty (or was that the moon?) anyway It's still a distinct land mass. Besides what WOULD it be if it wasn't a continent?
2007-07-01 16:36:30 · answer #8 · answered by Red October 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, people live there. You do know what a continent is? A requirement is not that people have to live there.
2007-07-01 16:29:20 · answer #9 · answered by punch 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Um, I'm sure its because it's land. Every piece of land is considered into something. Besides, animals live there. They are living things. It'll be cruel not to consider it a contenent.
2007-07-01 16:44:31 · answer #10 · answered by WonderlandinNeverland 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋