Why is the North Pole different from the South Pole?
Two Ice Kingdoms
Why is the North Pole different from the South Pole?
Earth's two poles — top and bottom, north and south — sound like mirror twins. They're both ice kingdoms. They're both freezing cold. They both wear the midnight sun in summer and the endless dark of winter. So why does everyone say they're opposites?
Here's the big secret: the North Pole is an ocean dressed up as land. Underneath all that ice, there's deep, dark water — the Arctic Ocean, cold and salty. The ice is just a floating blanket, a few meters thick, drifting on the sea. No ground beneath your boots. No bedrock. Just frozen ocean, creaking and shifting with the currents.
