Which of the following is NOT characteristic of polar ice-sheet climates?

a. the lowest mean annual and lowest summer temperatures recorded anywhere on Earth
b. bounded equatorward by the isotherm of 10?C (50?F) for the coldest month
c. air has generally low absolute humidity
d. receive enough insolation from the long summer days to allow considerable melting


B

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