Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/09/2009 - 11:24
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Microorganisms in Antarctic Glacier Ice

HI from the 6th Grade class at Mound Valley Grade School In mound Valley Kansas We wanted to know what's the biggest glacier in Antarctica well Bye from Joli, Connor Max, and Alex Send you later

Tue, 11/10/2009 - 00:58

Lindsay Knippenberg

Hi Joli, Connor Max, and Alex!
Thanks for sending me a question all the way from Kansas. What is the largest glacier in Antarctica is a tricky question with two answers. The majority of the antarctic continent is covered by a huge layer of ice called an ice sheet. The largest ice sheet in Antarctica is called the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. If you consider ice sheets glaciers then the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest. If you don't consider ice sheets glaciers, then the largest glacier in Antarctica is the Lambert Glacier. Thanks for the question and for reading my journals.
Lindsay