ARCTIC Breaking Point, World Environment Day
ARCTIC Breaking Point, World Environment Day
ARCTIC Breaking Point, World Environment Day
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The ice cover
The Antarctic ice cap or indlandsis is one of the two polar ice
caps (or polar caps) on Earth. It covers about 98% of the
Antarctic continent and is the largest single mass of ice on
Earth, with at least 14 million km 3 , and contains 30 million
km³ of ice. It accounts for more than 90% of the total volume
of the Earth's glacial ice, compared to the 8% represented
by the Greenland ice sheet in the northern hemisphere. This
Antarctic ice sheet reaches thicknesses greater than 4 km,
being located bedrock at some points about 2 km below sea
level.
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