Antarctica is 5,400,000 sq miles (14,000,000 sq km) in size. Of this, 5,300,000 sq mi (13,720,000 sq kms) is ice covered, leaving 100,000 sq mi (280,000 sq km) ice free.
This works out at 98.15% ice covered, 1.85% ice free.
97% of Antarctica is covered by ice!!!
Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet -- about 90% of the world's ice. There is very little snow: it's too cold and dry.
Antarctica, at the southern end of the World, is the continent that is mostly covered by ice and snow.
Antarctica
None. Antarctica is covered -- 98% -- by an ice sheet.
Approximately 10 of the Earth's surface is covered in snow and ice.
Yes, Antarctica is the world's largest desert and is covered by ice and snow.
Ninety-eight percent of Antarctica is covered with an ice sheet, only a small part of Antarctica -- the Antarctic Peninsula -- receives any snow at all.
Antarctica is the worlds southernmost continent. It is covered by ice and snow and has sub zero temperatures daily.
Antarctica is 5,400,000 sq miles (14,000,000 sq km) in size. Of this, 5,300,000 sq mi (13,720,000 sq kms) is ice covered, leaving 100,000 sq mi ( 280,000 sq km) ice free.This works out at 98.15% ice covered, 1.85% ice free.During the winter months, 100% of Antarctica is covered in ice.During the height of summer, the coastal regions thaw out a little, making it about 98%.
Because it is very, very cold there.
About two percent of the continent is ice-free.