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The Southern Ocean that surrounds the continent of Antarctica can measure 27 degrees F before freezing, based on the high mineral content of the water. During the winter, the ocean water freezes, essentially doubling the size of the Antarctica.
The water temperature consistently hovers around freezing.
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∙ 6y agoThe ice sheet covers about 98% of the Antarctic continent, which is about as big as USA and Mexico combined.
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∙ 9y agoThe body of water in that part of the world is known as the Southern Ocean, the world's fourth largest at about 7.848 million square miles.
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∙ 13y agoThe Lambert Glacier is 250 miles wide. It is 2,500 miles long.
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∙ 14y agoIt is over 10,000 feet thick in the interior.
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How deep is the antarctic snow?
probably quite deep :)
Does the antarctic treaty cover the ice and sea or just the ice?
just the ice.
Is it hot or cold in the Antarctic ice?
Cold
Which holds more ice the North pole or the South Pole?
The South Pole, Antarctica, holds far more ice than the Arctic. Arctic ice floats on the ocean and is no more than one metre thick. Antarctic ice is a maximum of 4.7 kilometres deep at Terre Adélie.
How much of the earth's ice is in Antarctica?
The Antarctic ice sheet contains about 90% of earth's ice.
What is the name of the deep crack in antarctic ice cap?
Crevasse not to be confused with crevice
How much is the percent of the ice in the antarctica?
One hundred percent of the ice...in the Antarctic, is ice in the Antarctic.
How deep can Antarctica's ice exceed?
The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest in the world with about 13.72 million sq km of permanent ice representing about 90% of the worlds ice and is over 4 km thick in places.
What does you get to take out away the snow torward the end of that world poptropica?
It is said that when the world ends there will be an Ice age that is suppossed to be coming from the antarctic under-lands and the deep sea and Ice there.
Where do Antarctic Ice fish live?
The Antarctic of course.
How deep is the antarctic snow?
probably quite deep :)
Is antarctic region is covered by ice?
Ninety-eight percent of the Antarctic continent is covered by an ice sheet.
What is the frozen desert?
The Antarctic Desert is a polar or ice desert.
What city is mt vinson antarctica in?
There are no cities on the Antarctic continent. Mt Vinson is nestled deep within the ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent.
The Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Southern Hemisphere .?
The antarctic ice sheet in the southern hemisphere is the only true ice sheet that remains on the planet.
Is the Antarctic ice sheet in the southern hemisphere?
The antarctic ice sheet in the southern hemisphere is the only true ice sheet that remains on the planet.
Is it the Arctic or the Antarctic region that is solid ice?
The arctic is is mostly ice. Antarctica is a continent that is included in the antarctic region.
