why Antarctica and the North Pole are made of fresh water when its surrounded by the ocean?

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why Antarctica and the North Pole are made of fresh water when its surrounded by the ocean?

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When water freezes or evaporates it does so as pure water and leaves dissolved impurities behind. So all of the snow that falls onto it is pure water, and so is any sea water which freezes around it.

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