Ọ bụ nke abụọ kasị ukwuu ice ahụ n'ụwa, mgbe Antarctic ice mpempe akwụkwọ. The ice mpempe akwụkwọ bụ fọrọ nke nta 2,400 kilomita (1,500 mi) ogologo na a n'ebe ugwu-ndịda direction, na ya kasị ibu obosara bụ 1,100 kilomita (680 mi) na a latitude nke 77 ° N, nso ya n'ebe ugwu oke. The nkezi elu nke ice bụ 2,135 mita (7,005 ft). The ọkpụrụkpụ bụ n'ozuzu karịa 2 km (1.2 mi) na n'elu 3 km (1.9 mi) na ya thickest ebe. Na mgbakwunye na nnukwu ice mpempe akwụkwọ, dịpụrụ adịpụ glaciers na obere ice okpu ekpuchi n'etiti 76,000 na 100,000 square kilomita (29,000 na 39,000 square kilomita) gburugburu periphery. Ọ bụrụ na dum nkezi 2,850,000 cubic kilomita (684,000 cubic kilomita) nke ice na-agbaze, ọ ga-eduga a zuru ụwa ọnụ ịrị elu nke oké osimiri n'elu 7.2 mita (24 mita), na ya ugbu a na-agbaze ọnụego na Greenland ice mpempe akwụkwọ, mgbe ụfọdụ na-ezo aka dị ka a elu
2,135 mita