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The ice sheet that covers 98% of Antarctica lies atop a continent, composed of land.

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Is Antarctica made out of ice only?

Antarctica is a continent, 98% of which is covered by an ice sheet.


What is the very thick layer of ice found in the Greenland and Antarctica?

They are the Polar Ice Caps and they are not as thick as they used to be.


What percantage of antarctica is NOT ice?

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Does Antarctica only have ice?

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Does west of the Antarctica only have ice?

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What is the name of the thick layer of ice and snow that has formed permanent crust over Alaska and antarctica?

The thick layer of ice and snow that forms a permanent crust over Alaska and Antarctica is called an ice sheet. Ice sheets are massive expanses of glacier ice that cover large areas of land.


What percentage of the ice can find in the antarctica?

One hundred percent of the ice found in Antarctica is...ice...in Antarctica.


Why is the lower layer of Antarctica warm?

Some theorize that the sub-glacial lakes under Antarctica's ice sheet are melted because of being closer to the Earth's molten core.


What is the percentage of the ice in Antarctica?

One hundred percent of the ice in Antarctica is ice.


What part of Antarctica continues to melt?

The only part of Antarctica that can melt is the ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent.


Did Antarctica move north as a glacier in the ice age?

Antarctica is a continent, not a glacier, and has only ever moved south.


What are the only thing that exist in Greenland and antarctica?

ice sheets. if not i am sorry