Why can't I find the Arctic on Google Earth?

Question

I was expecting to find a hunk of frozen tundra on the Northern pole of the planet, but I'm just seeing water...

Is there a reason for this?

Answer 1

First off...there's no tundra because there is no land at the north pole. It's sea ice and melts during the summer. I believe that Google chose to depict the bathemetry (the topography of the ocean floor) instead of just showing a blank white area.

By contrast, Antarctica is a land mass that surrounds the south pole.

Answer 2

Lack of satellite imagery on Google's part, I would imagine.