Answer:
ABOUT 71 PERCENT OF EARTH 'S SURFACE IS WATER COVERED ,
AND THE OCEAN HOLD ABOUT 96.5 PERCENT OF
ALL EARTH'S WATER .
AS CHARTS AND IN TABLE DATA SHOW ,
THE AMOUNT OF WATER LOCKED UP
IN ICE AND SNOW IS ONLY ABOUT
1.7 PERCENT OF ALL WATER ON
EARTH ,
BUT ;
THE MAJORITY OF TOTAL FRESH WATER ON EARTH ,
ABOUT 67.8 PERCENT ,
IS HELD BY ICE CAPS AND GLACIERS .
IN ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET CONTAINS
30 MILLION CUBIC KILOMETERS OF ICE,
70 PERCENT OF EARTH'S FRESHWATER
AND 90 PERCENT OF IT'S ICE .