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To: Greg or e who wrote (65035)	1/23/2015 8:23:14 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

"You really have no clue how hollow your appeals for maturity sound, coming from a champion of anti Christian hate sites like Evil-bile.com and phony Atheists who pretend they are a real Christian Church on the internet. Come back when you grow up, little boy." [Greg or ee] This little-boy, potty mouth, infantile spewing of gratuitous insults is something I didn't miss engaging while I was away! Other than smelling your presence as you crawl about...it is good to be home with some good American money as our dollar sinks out of sight! So, Gregoree (or is your name now Brumar??), our resident little Spew Munster...your BIGOTRY proves what about the weather in Antarctica?? Message 29907946 "Why doesn't the bully heat move down into Antarctica and push the cold out? After all, you've said it can jump over Alaska and it's mountain ranges, a north-south distance of about 1400 miles. Meanwhile from the edge of the Ross ice shelf to the South Pole is only about 1000 miles." [Brumar] [Solon's response to Brumar--or is that Gregoree??] You're showing a childish misunderstanding. You need to understand how heat transfers from land to water. The quick answer is that THERE IS NO WAY TO WARM THE AIR THERE, SO IT JUST SITS--COLD AND DENSE. None of this stuff is a scientific mystery or enigma! Height above sea level The South Pole (Antarctica) is around 2,800m above sea level, unlike the North Pole (the Arctic), which is sea ice laying on the surface of the Arctic Ocean. For every kilometre (thousand metres) that Antarctica rises up from the sea, it gets colder by around -6°C. As well as the difference in height, the North Pole is lying on top of the Arctic Ocean, and heat is conducted through the ice and in the narrow gaps of open water (called leads), which makes the North Pole warmer. Atmosphere The atmosphere above Antarctica is much thinner. Without clouds to cover it, the bright surfaces of snow and ice reflect a large percentage of sunlight. The percentage of sunlight reflected from the surface is called albedo. In contrast, more cloud cover in the North Pole traps the heat and increases the temperature. Land masses Image: Climate monitoring station If you look at a map of Antarctica, you will see that there is an ocean that circulates around it and the nearest land is some distance away. Water flows around Antarctica, getting colder and colder. The size of land in each hemisphere also plays a role. In the Northern hemisphere, there are big pieces of land (like America and Europe). Land traps heat and then transfers heat into ocean currents, which, in turn, bring warmer water up to the Arctic. The Southern hemisphere has relatively little land – just small countries that can not trap as much heat.