Antarctica

Today, Antarctica is covered by the largest ice sheet on Earth.

Greenland

Next to Antarctica, Greenland is home to the largest ice sheet on Earth.

Antarctica and Greenland

The largest ice sheets today are on Antarctica and Greenland.

East Antarctica

East Antarctica is by far the world’s biggest ice sheet, containing water which is the equivalent to around 50 meters of sea level rise.

the East Antarctic Ice Sheet -

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) is one of two large ice sheets in Antarctica, and the largest on the entire planet.

West Antarctica

West Antarctica is currently the world’s largest marine ice sheet, although they may have been common during the Last Glaciation, circa 18,000 years ago.

of the Antarctic continent

The world’s largest ice sheet covers 98 percent of the Antarctic continent and is up to 4.8 kilometers thick, comprising 90 percent of the world’s ice and storing information about climate and atmospheric constituents and their variation over time.

most of Greenland and Antarctica

The largest ice sheets today, called ​continental glaciers​, cover most of Greenland and Antarctica.

the Antarctic ice sheet

The world’s largest hunk of ice, the Antarctic ice sheet, holds enough frozen water to put cities like Miami several hundred feet under.

atop Antarctica and

The two largest ice sheets on Earth sit atop Antarctica and Greenland.

Greenland—— the world’s largest island

Greenland—the world’s largest island—is also home to one of the world’s largest ice sheets (after Antarctica).

which is the biggest worldwide outside of Greenland and Antarctica

Numerous glaciers encompass an ice cap, which is the biggest worldwide outside of Greenland and Antarctica.

Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is the largest ice sheet in the whole world,

Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is the largest ice sheet in the whole world, covers 98% of the entire continent.

the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Antarctic Ice Sheet whereby the ice volume of Antarctica ten times larger is then that of Greenland

The two largest ice sheets of the Earth are the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Antarctic Ice Sheet whereby the ice volume of Antarctica ten times larger is then that of Greenland.

in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets (table 1)

Most of the current global land ice mass is located in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets (table 1).

in Greenland’s central province

Located in Greenland’s central province, this ice sheet is the Northern Hemisphere’s largest chunk of ice.

in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica, known as the “last pole of ignorance

the ice sheet is in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica, known as the “last pole of ignorance” because until recently the ice sheet was virtually unmapped.

The Antarctic ice desert

The Antarctic ice desert is the largest ice mass on Earth.

of rainfall at August's 3,216-metre summit

The world’s second-largest ice sheet, behind Antarctica, had several hours of rainfall on August 14 at August's 3,216-metre summit.

on the Antarctic Plateau

Up until now, the largest known ice core was located in Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau, and extended deep enough into the Antarctic sheets that the Antarctic sheets contained about 800,000 years of history once the Antarctic sheets's continuous 10,725 feet (3,270 meters) were drilled into and uncovered.