Across
- 2. forms at the ocean surface once the surface temperature drops to the freezing point during fall and winter. The freezing point for salty ocean water is about 29oF (-2oC)
- 5. The tunnels or shafts made in a glacier by meltwater
- 6. A cold environment where penguins live
- 9. The mountain range with the tallest mountain in the world which is covered by glaciers
- 11. a floating sheet of ice permanently attached to a land mass.
- 12. A layer of ice covering an extensive tract of land for a long period of time.
- 13. A country next to Canada that is covered by an icesheet
- 14. The percentage of the world currently covered in ice
Down
- 1. A mountain range in South America that contains glaciers and ice fields
- 3. The name for the top of a mountain that sticks out the top of the ice
- 4. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the build up of snow
- 7. a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea
- 8. Non of these permanently live in Antarctica
- 10. A cold environment that covers 8 countries
- 11. an expanse of ice, especially in polar regions.