How much of the earths surface is covered with ice?

Earths total ice mass is 30 million cubic KM.

http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/4233/ijsbergen.htm

Thanks for the link and good answer!

That is a volume. The question asked for an area. Can anyone supply that?

Is this what you are looking for.
13,701,795 sq km

http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov/PDF_Examples/02_10_97_1.pdf.

[This message was edited by Patricia on 09-14-03 at 01:51 PM.]

Glaciers and ice sheets cover about 10% of the earth's area.
http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/coldfacts.html

Thanks, Sam, for the good question, one that I never heard before, and thanks to Jenny and Patricia for the good answers.

13,701,795 (sq kilometers) = 5,290,292.63 square miles - Google

The total surface area of the Earth is 197,000,000 square miles (509,600,000 square kilometers). - Britannica.com

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