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Glacial ice is blue, because it's the most reflective type of ice -- and the sky is blue.
This ice is compacted and frozen over time, essentially pushing out all other minerals, which cause ice to appear cloudy and non-reflective.
Pure ice reflects whatever colour surrounds it.
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What is the continent of Antarctica best descibed as?
The term blue ice is a nice descriptor for Antarctica
What is Antarctica called?
The official name of the Antarctic Ocean is Southern Ocean.
Does the dry ice in antarctica come from cars?
No. There is no native or natural occurrence of dry ice in Antarctica, nor are there any cars there.
What does Antarctica look like?
It has a lot of ice, it's very cold, and rather uninhabited.
What color is the color of Antarctica?
Continental Antarctica is multi-coloured based on its rock formations. However, 98% of the continent is covered with an ice sheet. Satellite photos, therefore, show the continent as various shades of ice, and predominately white-ish.
What percentage of the ice can find in the antarctica?
One hundred percent of the ice found in Antarctica is...ice...in Antarctica.
Why does Antarctica look blue?
Optically, the ice is so dense as to be able to only reflect the colour of the sky. During the sunset period, you can see other colours in the ice. Without sunlight, the ice does not appear blue.
What is the percentage of the ice in Antarctica?
One hundred percent of the ice in Antarctica is ice.
Antarctica is the best place in the world to find what?
Antarctica is the best place in the world for scientists to find meteorites. Scientists find meteorites in the Antarctic blue ice.
Why do scientists come to antarctica?
Scientists work and live in Antarctica temporarily, to study the health of planet earth.
Is the ice sheet on Antarctica shrinking?
yes ice in the antarctica shrink
What percent of the world's ice is in Antarctica?
Antarctica's ice sheet represents about 90% of the earth's ice.
