I'm writing a research paper on Polar Ice Caps... PLEASE help me!(:
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Strictly speaking, there is only one.
In Antarctica where there is an average of 3 kilometers of ice on top of the land.
In the north there is a small ice cap covering Greenland.
Both are melting at a rate not seen in recorded history.
All the glaciers in Greenland now feed into the open see and not into floating ice shelves. In the far north of Greenland there are still some ice shelves.
One prediction is that Greenland will be largely ice free by 2100.
Antarctica is still largely surrounded by ice sheets, but these will disappear during this century and all coastal glaciers will then be flowing directly into the sea.
This article has much relevant information :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica
In Antarctica where there is an average of 3 kilometers of ice on top of the land.
In the north there is a small ice cap covering Greenland.
Both are melting at a rate not seen in recorded history.
All the glaciers in Greenland now feed into the open see and not into floating ice shelves. In the far north of Greenland there are still some ice shelves.
One prediction is that Greenland will be largely ice free by 2100.
Antarctica is still largely surrounded by ice sheets, but these will disappear during this century and all coastal glaciers will then be flowing directly into the sea.
This article has much relevant information :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica
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The polar ice cap as a whole is shrinking. Images from NASA satellites show that the area of permanent ice cover is contracting at a rate of 9 percent each ... In fact you will be able to read more if you google it.