Antarctica winter endures extended heat wave

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 15, 2024 12:05 am

PARIS — Antarctica, the world's coldest continent, is experiencing an exceptionally long heat wave during its winter, the United Kingdom's national polar research institute said.

Temperature anomalies are not unusual on the continent known as 'The Ice,' but 'the longevity of the warm period is unusual,' Thomas Caton Harrison, Polar Climate Scientist at British Antarctic Survey, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) this week.

COLDEST CONTINENT A Twin Otter airplane is seen on a reconnaissance flight over the Antarctic Plateau and the Edson Glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica on Dec. 5, 2018. EPA FILE PHOTO

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