2006-09-06 14:31:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
At 14.425 million km², Antarctica is the third-smallest continent after Europe and Oceania and 98% of it is covered in ice.
2006-09-06 14:34:05 · answer #1 · answered by poohbaby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antarctica size: 6.5 to 13 million square miles aprox.
Antarctica’s total area is approximately 7 million square miles in summer, but the ice apron around Antarctica swells from 7 million square miles to 13 million square miles in winter (the sea ice around Antarctica grows at the rate of 40,000 square miles or 100000 square kilometres per day) adding up square miles of ice around the land mass. This effectively doubles the size of Antarcticar, every winter!. A continent twice the size of Australia, one and half USA's, or 50 UK's worth of ice area that forms, then breaks up and melts on an annual basis.
2006-09-06 16:00:47 · answer #2 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
double XL why are you buying it a sweater because you think it might be cold. Because it probably is! How very thoughtful.
2006-09-06 14:38:50 · answer #3 · answered by chank1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋