Antarctica covers which of the Earth's poles?

Answer 1

Alpine glaciers and their movement is common in mountainous areas.

Antarctica, however, is covered with an ice sheet, and its glaciers often flow into the sea without the alpine glacier brown or grey colour associated with carving valleys or bowls common in other mountainous areas on earth.

Ninety-eight percent of Antarctica is covered with this ice sheet, so most glaciers flow on top of more stable ice.

Answer 2

Antarctica's ice cap covers Antarctica and is the biggest ice pack on Earth. It covers 98% of the land on Antarctica and holds 30 million cubic kilometers of ice, enough to raise the world's sea levels by 70 meters if it melted. In East Antarctica the ice rests on land, but in West Antarctica the ice rests on rock sometimes two and a half kilometers (more than 1.5 miles) below sea level. The weight of the ice has actually lowered the surface of the bedrock.

Snow falls on Antarctica, and the weight of the snow above turns it to ice. This ice is continually pushed outwards, sometimes with the help of fast moving glaciers, till it reaches the sea, where it floats out, eventually breaking off and forming icebergs (calving) which eventually melt. This process is how the water cycle works in Antarctica.

Answer 3

The South Pole is located on the Antarctic continent.

Answer 4

Ninety-eight percent of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet.