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Where in the World is the ICE?
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Greenland Antarctica Did you know? If all the ice in Greenland melted,
world sea-level would rise by 7 metres! Did you know? 90% of Earth’s ice is found here. The ice here is sometimes over metres deep. Antarctica
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Himalayas South America
Did you know? Hundreds of millions of people depend on summer meltwater running off the 46,298 Himalayan glaciers (where Mount Everest is found) for their drinking water supplies! South America Did you know? Scientists are worried about the massive glaciers found in the Andes mountains, Peru and Patagonia. They think global warming is causing them to melt more quickly.
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Alps New Zealand Did you know? Climate change means
Europe’s glaciers are melting so quickly that they may have all but vanished by 2050. Bad news for skiers! Did you know? New Zealand’s glaciers were the setting for the films of ‘Lord of the Rings’ New Zealand (off-screen)
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North America Siberia Kenya
Did you know? One of the world’s youngest glaciers is growing here, in the crater left when Mt St Helens exploded in 1980 Did you know? Siberia is one of the coldest populated places on Earth Kenya Did you know? There are glaciers At high altitude in Kenya where Mount Kilimanjaro is located
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