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Antarctic Ice Sheet

Antarctic Ice Sheet
The continent of Antarctica is covered almost completely by a massive ice sheet, which contains about 90 percent of the world’s ice. Permanent floating slabs of ice called ice shelves fringe nearly half of Antarctica’s coastline.
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Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Polar Exploration
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