A common misconception is that the temperatures at the North Pole are really cold. In reality, the average temperature in the Arctic is a relatively warm and balmy -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C). If you want to get where it is really frosty, go to Antarctica, where the norm is a -80 degrees F (-62 degrees C). In fact, the lowest official natural temperature recorded in the world was in 1983 in Antarctica, where it plummeted to a -128.6 degrees F (-89 degrees C). Carbon dioxide freezes into dry ice at -109 degrees F (-79 degrees C).
The difference between the temperatures of the two poles is attributed to the fact that the North Pole is at sea level and insulated by the surrounding water, while most of Antarctica is at an altitude of 9300 feet (2800 meters) or more.
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