Some Facts About Glaciers

-10% of the earth's land is covered by Glaciers

-Glaciers store nearly 75% of the world's fresh water

-15,000,000 square kilometers of the earth is Glacierized

-During the last ice age, glaciers covered 32% of the land on the earth.

-If all land ice melted, sea level would rise 70 metres (210 feet) worldwide.

-North America's longest glacier is the Bering Glacier in Alaska, measuring 204 kilometers (126 miles) long.

-Almost 90% of an iceburg is under water. Only about 10% shows.

-In Washington State alone, glaciers provide 1.7 trillion litres (470 billion gallons) of water each summer in meltoff.