1/31/2024 0 Comments Uk size comparison usPresently, the Antarctic ice sheet contains 90% of the ice on Earth and would raise sea levels worldwide by over 200 feet were it to melt. This ice accumulated over millions of years through snowfall. It is roughly the size of the United States and Mexico combined and is almost completely covered by a layer of ice that averages more than one mile in thickness, but is nearly three miles thick in places. Antarctica is the highest, driest, coldest, windiest and brightest of the seven continents.
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