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Lonely mountain tops, desert interiors, Arctic ice floes, or the vast frozen ice sheets of Antarctica are remote places that come to mind immediately.—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 In Antarctica, meanwhile, global warming is leading to melting of ice sheets, prompting sea level rise and disrupting ocean ecosystems.—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026 The excess heat is also warming and melting the planet’s ice sheets, raising sea levels worldwide.—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026 But another big question is how, exactly, people got to the Americas from Asia, maneuvering south of two massive ice sheets covering Canada.—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ice sheet