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Unlike the arctic region in the north, Antarctica is a continent. It is land, and there are actually some exposed sections of the land. Most of the continent is covered by thick ice sheets. Any ice in the Arctic region is floating on water.

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There is actually no land underneath all the ice, it is speculated that that land would show signs of once existing, but it froze over and is not in much of a position to thaw out anytime soon.

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What else is Antarctica made up of instead of ice?

Antarctica is a continent, 98% of which is covered by ice.


Is antarctica just made up of ice or anything else?

Antarctica is a continent made up of the same materials that make up all continents. Ninety-eight percent of the continent, however, is covered with an ice sheet.


What is Antarctica continent made of?

Antarctica is 10% of the surface of the Earth, and is made up of land. However, 98% of it is covered by an ice sheet.


What is continent made of?

Antarctica is 10% of the surface of the Earth, and is made up of land. However, 98% of it is covered by an ice sheet.


Is Chile made up of islands?

yes because the islands are turned into ice and that ice is apart of Antarctica


Is Antarctica made up of more ice or land?

Antarctica is a continent which is 100% land. However, 98% of the continent is covered by an ice sheet. So there is more land than ice.


What percentage of the Antarctica is made up of water?

Antarctica is a continent -- the driest on earth. It is, however, covered by an ice sheet that contains about 90% of the earth's ice and about 70% of the earth's fresh water. Otherwise, it is land.


How deep is the snow every year in Antarctica?

There is no snow to speak of in Antarctica: there's not enough humidity to produce snow. Blizzards are made up of blowing ice crystals.


Is Antarctic ice a mineral?

The ice sheet that covers 98% of Antarctica is 70% of the earth's store of fresh water, made up of oxygen and hydrogen. Neither of these is considered a mineral.


What is 98 percent of Antarctic made up of?

One hundred percent of Antarctica is made of land. The land is covered -- 98% of it -- by an ice sheet that stores about 70% of the earth's fresh water and about 90% of the earth's ice.


What state is made up of Antarctica?

There are no states or countries on Antarctica.


What is the difference between the arctics and antarctica?

The Arctic is the area around the North Pole and Antarctica is the continent at the South Pole. The Arctic is not actually land but a combination of ice and water, by contrast, the Antarctic is a continent and landmass covered in ice. The Arctic is in the North and Antarctica is in the South. They are both at the Earth's poles but the Arctic is made up of solely ice and is just a collection of large ice caps. Antarctica is actually a continent with ice and solid land too. The biggest difference is that the Arctic region is essentially a frozen ocean surrounded by continents. Antarctica is a frozen continent surrounded by an ocean.