Antarctica contains 90% of all of the ice on the planet in an area that is just 1.5 times the size of the USA.

The Antarctic ice sheet contains 90% of the ice on Earth and could raise water levels by over 200 feet if melted.

The Antarctic ice sheet contains 90% of the ice on Earth and could raise water levels by over 200 feet if melted.Antarctica is the highest, driest, coldest, windiest and brightest of the seven continents. 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. This ice accumulated over millions of years through snowfall. Presently, 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. Its area of 5.4 million square miles makes it 1.5 times the size of the conterminous USA.

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