2. Facts about antarctica
1.It is the coldest,windiest,highest continent on
earth.
2.It is also the driest.
3. In fact as so little rain and snow falls in
antarctica it is officially a desert!
3. ice ice and more ice (ice sheet)
Antarctica is covered by a dome-like ice sheet
made of compacted snow and ice.The ice
sheet is more than 4000 meters thick.
5. Ice shelves
Floating ice sheets attached to land are called
ice shelves. The largest ice shelves in
antarctica is the Ross ice shelf in the Ross
sea.
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6. Pancake ice
The sea water buffets the ice. The ice breaks
into pieces shaped like plates or pancakes.
7. Sea ice
As winter approaches the surface of the
southern oceans began to freeze forming thin
sea ice.
8. Icebergs
When the glaciers and the ice shelves reach
of the sea chunks of ice brakes of becoming
icebergs.
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9. floes
The pack ice breaks into large pieces of ice
called floes.
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10. Pack ice
As the temperature continues to drop the
whole surface of the ocean freezes. This
pack of ice can be several meters thick. Most
of it will melt in summer.
13. My conclusion
I have learnt that there are many different types
of ice,they have different shapes and sizes
and they all happen at different times of the
year.
