Sentence examples for km of ice from inspiring English sources

This year, 11.7m sq km of ice melted, 22% more than the long-term average of 9.18m sq km.

Last March and April – typically the time of year when the ice floes are at their thickest – there was just 15,000 cubic km of ice.

The continental ice sheet contains approximately 7 million cubic miles (29 million cubic km) of ice, representing about 90 percent of the world's total.

Glaciers cover an area of about 760 square miles (1,970 square km) and contain some 23 cubic miles (95 cubic km) of ice.

But Mercalli said covering glaciers was too little, too late: "There are 2,000 sq km of ice cover in the Alps, so gestures like this may slow things, but won't stop them.

The Arctic has lost about 3m sq km of ice in the past 30 years while the Antarctic has gained 0.3m, the latter figure probably being no more than a reflection of year-to-year variability.

In August last year, a 100 square-mile (260 sq km) block of ice calved from the glacier.

We have about 4m sq km of sea ice.

"In the 1970s we had 8m sq km of sea ice.

Until the last month, it is thought some 7,700 sq km of coastal ice shelves had disintegrated since 1945 with several major collapses.

As for the Agulhas, it must still maneuver through 333 km of floating ice to reach Cape Town.