Not having an ocean below helps to isolate a bit from all the heat that the oceans has been absorbing. Around the north pole the average temperature is 4+ºC abo

Not having an ocean below helps to isolate a bit from all the heat that the oceans has been absorbing. Around the north pole the average temperature is 4+ºC above the average of 1950-1980. And yet, that isolation is not so good. A year ago the temperature in the Concordia station at a 3km height was 40ºC over its average temperature for that time of the year (https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-03-30/a-heatwave-in-the-coldest-place-on-earth-what-does-a-40c-rise-in-the-antarctic-mean.html https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-03-30/a-heatwav...).