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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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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
Where is ice 2km thick?
Ice that is 2km thick can be found in areas such as the Greenland Ice Sheet or the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These ice sheets are massive bodies of ice that cover the land, with the Antarctic Ice Sheet being the thickest, reaching up to 4.8km in some parts.
Where in the world is water always ice?
Mostly at the North and South poles or rather, the Arctic and Antarctic. 90% of the world's fresh water is locked up in ice at the Antarctic.
What covers 98 percent of Antarctica?
No, but 98% of the continent of Antarctica is covered by its ice sheet.
What is the name of the deep crack in antarctic ice cap?
Crevasse not to be confused with crevice
What deep bay was bounded by the antarctic peninsula and coats land?
The deep bay bounded by the Antarctic Peninsula and Coats Land is called Marguerite Bay. It is located along the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula and is known for its significant ice shelves and glaciers.
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.
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.
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.
What are some animals in the Antarctic ice caps?
No animals live permanently on the Antarctic continent or in its polar ice cap.
What is the Antarctic ice cap made of?
The Antarctic ice sheet contains about 70% of the earth's store of fresh water and about 90% of the earth's store of ice.
