• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    7 hours ago

    In short, no. Not at least outside of a vast geological timeframe. Antarctica was once habitable around 100 million years ago, and that was only because it was part of a supercontinent located much further north than its current location.

    Even if the earth warmed enough to melt the ice at the poles, its location would basically make it impossible to maintain a complex ecology suitable to life. The light cycle of roughly 24 hours of light in the summer and 24 hours of darkness in the winter would preclude the needed agriculture requirements needed to sustain any meaningful population.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Light cycles were the first thing I thought of too. OTOH, buddy of mine grew up in Alaska, said they grew strawberries the size of your first in the summer.