Kūpilikiʻi nā kūlana aniau o Antarctica ma muli o ka wahi polar o ka ʻāina nui. Kākaʻikahi ka piʻi ʻana o ka wela o ke ea ma luna o 0 kekelē Celsius ma ka ʻāina. Uhi piha ʻia ʻo Antarctica e nā aniani ʻeleʻele. Aia ka ʻāina nui ma lalo o ke ʻano o ka anu anu, ʻo ia hoʻi ka makani komohana. Ma ke ʻano laulā, maloʻo a paʻakikī nā kūlana o ka ʻāina.
ʻĀpana aniau Antarctic
ʻAneʻane aia ka ʻāina āpau o ka ʻāina ma ka ʻāina kahiki Antarctic. ʻO ka mānoanoa o ka uhi hau ma mua o 4500 tausani mau mika, e pili ana i ka Antarctica i kapa ʻia ʻo ka ʻāina kiʻekiʻe loa o ka Honua. ʻOi aku ma mua o 90% o ka pāhawewe ʻana o ka lā mai ka papa hau, no laila ʻaʻole mahana ka ʻāina nui. ʻAʻohe kūpono i ka ua, a ʻaʻohe ʻoi aku ma mua o 250 mm o ka ua i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO ka mahana maʻamau o ke ao -32 kekelē, a me ka pō -64. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka palena iki o ka mahana ma -89 kekelē. Holo ka makani ikaika ma luna o ka ʻāina nui me nā wikiwiki, e hoʻonui ana ma kahakai.
Ke aniau subantarctic
ʻO ke aniau o ke ʻano subantarctic ka mea maʻamau no ka ʻĀkau o ka ʻāina. ʻIke ʻia nā ʻanalā o ka palupalu o nā kūlana anilā ma aneʻi. ʻElua a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ua ma aneʻi, akā ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku i ka helu makahiki o 500 mm. I ke kauwela, piʻi iki ka mahana o ka lewa ma luna o 0 kekelē. I kēia wahi, ua liʻiliʻi iki ka hau a huli ke kōkua i mau ʻāina pōhaku i uhi ʻia me nā limu a me nā limu. Akā he mea nui ka mana o ke aniau arctic Continental. No laila, nui nā makani a me nā hau. ʻAʻole kūpono kēlā ʻano aniau i ke ola kanaka.
ʻO nā oasis Antarctic
Ma ke kapakai o ka Moana Arctic, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai nā kūlana aniina ʻāinapuniʻole. Kapa ʻia kēia mau wahi i nā oasis Antarctic. ʻO ka awelika o ke kauwela wela he +4 kekelē Celsius. ʻAʻole uhi ʻia nā ʻāpana o ka ʻāina nui i ka hau. Ma ka laulaha, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka nui o ia mau ʻaila ma mua o 0.3% o ka nui o ka ʻāina o ka ʻāina. Maʻaneʻi hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā loko Antarctic a me nā loko wai me nā pae paʻakai kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kekahi o nā oasis wehe ākea ʻo Antarctic ʻo ia nā awāwa maloʻo.
Loaʻa nā kūlana o ka ʻāina Antarctica no ka mea aia ia ma ka Pole Hema o ka Honua. Aia he ʻelua mau wahi kau - Antarctic a me Subantarctic, i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e nā kūlana anilā ʻoi loa, kahi aʻaʻohe mea kanu, akā noho kekahi ʻano holoholona a manu.
