Nope...lots of land, even unfrozen lakes, under the ice. Basically, Antarctica is a small continent (say the size of Australia) covered by a sheet of ice...and now it's shrinking. no, underneath the ice is rocky land Edited by Danielle Robertson 5/3/2009 :P
Both: Antarctica is a continent, 98% of which is covered with an ice sheet.
Yes, Antarctica is a continent that is mostly covered with ice.
The continent of Antarctica covers 10% of the earth's surface -- and 98% of that land is covered with an ice sheet.
more than 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice. However, underneath this ice is a continent. Even mountain ranges and volcanoes exist under this ice.
No. the ice sheet that covers 98% of Antarctica is fresh water -- 70% of the earth's store, and about 90% of the earth's store of ice.
The continent of Antarctica covers about 10% of the earth's surface. It is about as large as USA and Mexico, combined.
antarctica is an ice continent
Just ice
The Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica is a salt-water ocean. The ice sheet that covers 98% of Antarctica is frozen fresh water.
The Arctic ocean, and the Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica, are both salt water. The ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent of Antarctica holds about 70% of the earth's fresh water.
Antarctica is surrounded by a salt-water sea: the Southern Ocean.
The Antarctic ice sheet contains 70% of the earth's fresh water. The Southern Ocean that surrounds the continent is salty, sea water.
You can drink water from Antarctica that has melted. The ice is melting at an alarming rate in Antarctica which is attributed to effects of global warming.
salt water ice and fresh water ice
No.Antarctica is a continent (there is fresh water ice on land and in the salt water sea around Antarctica).
The ice on Antarctica fell as snow and is therefore not salty. The sea ice forming around Antarctica releases the salt as the sea water freezes.
The Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica is a salt-water ocean. The ice sheet that covers 98% of Antarctica is frozen fresh water.
The Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica is salt water, the saltiest ocean water on earth. The ice sheet that covers 98% of the Antarctic continent is fresh water -- the store of 60%-70% of all the fresh water on earth
The Arctic ocean, and the Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica, are both salt water. The ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent of Antarctica holds about 70% of the earth's fresh water.
Seventy one percent of earth's surface is water -- salt water. The ice sheet in Antarctica holds about seventy percent of earth's fresh water.
Any water in Antarctica forms into ice, either sea ice or fresh-water ice.
The frozen fresh water that forms the ice sheet -- covering 98% of Antarctica's surface -- is exceptionally clean. The sea water that surrounds Antarctica is also clean,, requiring no more than removing the salt to make it potable for human consumption.
Antarctica is surrounded by a salt-water sea: the Southern Ocean.
salt ice water
Antarctica's ice sheet contains about 70% of the earth's fresh water.