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Greenland is mostly covered by an ice sheet.—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026 Even if a suitable site is found and manned, deposits lie under ice sheets up to a mile thick.—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026 Brown’s primary worry is that the climate will continue to warm and the ice sheet in Greenland will continue to melt at its current rate, which could lead to a catastrophic rise in sea levels.—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026 The two groups maintained distinctly different approaches to living on the land that rims Greenland’s massive ice sheet.—Genevieve Lemoine, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ice sheet