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Antarctica is about 99% covered with ice.

The Antarctic Ice Sheet consists of about 13.72 million sq km of permanent ice representing 90% of the world's ice.

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Antarctica is covered with an ice sheet -- 98% of the continent, containing 61% of the earth's fresh water.

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