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An ice sheet is a mass of glacial land ice extending more than 20,000 square miles.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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Underneath miles-deep ice sheets covering Antarctica lies the largest mountain range no one on Earth has ever seen.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025
This ice sheet, from which the Chicago-sized iceberg broke free, has been shrinking for decades due to climate change, and is contributing to sea level rise worldwide.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The country’s vast ice sheet, glaciers, deep fjords and abundance of marine life, including whales, are the key attractions, while pride in the local Inuit culture is also growing.
—Reuters, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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Underneath miles-deep ice sheets covering Antarctica lies the largest mountain range no one on Earth has ever seen.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025
This ice sheet, from which the Chicago-sized iceberg broke free, has been shrinking for decades due to climate change, and is contributing to sea level rise worldwide.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The country’s vast ice sheet, glaciers, deep fjords and abundance of marine life, including whales, are the key attractions, while pride in the local Inuit culture is also growing.
—Reuters, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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