The Antarctic ice sheet is a continental glacier covering 98% of the Antarctic continent, with an area of 14 million square kilometres (5.4 million square ... West Antarctic Ice Sheet · East Antarctic Ice Sheet · Nunatak

Antarctic sea ice peaks in September (the end of Southern Hemisphere winter) and usually retreats to a minimum in February.

Antarctica is a continent of ice. From the tallest summits to the deepest valleys, Antarctica is moved, shaped and defined by the ice that envelops it.

The Antarctic Ice Sheet covers an area of almost 14 million km² and contains 30 million km³ of ice. Around 60% of the world's total fresh water (90% of the ...

In the Antarctic, the minimum extent occurs in February and the maximum occurs in September. When compared with previous years and decadal averages, these ...

If the Antarctic Ice Sheet melted entirely, it would raise global sea levels by around 200 feet (60 meters).

Based on U.S. National Ice Center's Antarctic daily and weekly analyses, various ice charts are produced to represent ice conditions in a graphical format.

Antarctica is the world's largest ice sheet, covering ~14,000,000 km2. Much of the Antarctic ice sheet surface lies above 3000 m above sea level. This massive ... Antarctic Ice Cores · West Antarctic Ice Sheet · Antarctic Peninsula glacier · About

Antarctica is losing ice mass (melting) at an average rate of about 150 billion tons per year, and Greenland is losing about 270 billion tons per year, adding ...

It was first formed around 34 million years ago, and it is the largest ice sheet on the entire planet, with far greater volume than the Greenland ice sheet or ...