Deadhorse, Alaska vs. Liberia, Costa Rica, what a combination of polar opposites. From the Arctic Circle to the Equatorial zone, maritime polar and continental polar, to maritime tropic, comparisons are few and far between, but contrasts are almost too many to list. Seasonality is opposite but the extremes are minimal for Liberia, whereas Deadhorse has utmost extremes. Liberia is now ending the rainy season (winter) and beginning an almost summertime season. Deadhorse on the other hand ended its warm season a month or two ago, and is almost in the death grips of winter. Daytime temperatures hover in the twenties and soon will be lower that, while lows are near zero and below, only to get even colder. No warm tropical breezes up here, however no arctic blasts of cold air travel down to Liberia either. The ITCZ plays a part in the movement of warm air north, but gets interrupted by the mid-latitude tropopause, and mixed in with the arctic tropopause.
The comparisons occur in geographies more so than weather. Both locations are in close proximity to oceans and very close in elevations but the difference in latitudes ends the similarities. Changes in latitudes result in changes in attitudesOcean Fun in the Arctic!
Where most people would enjoy ocean fun!!
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Where would you enjoy yourself most? At 70N or 5N? I would rather be at 5N.
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