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Over two-thirds of all the fresh water on the earth are bound in snow and ice. Ice in the form of glaciers is found on all continents, but very unevenly distributed between different parts of the world. Ice that has been created from freezing of water has a density at 0 °C of 0.916748 g/cm3, and is thereby lighter than water. Ice will float on water, but the difference in density makes ice float with 88 % of its volume below the water surface.
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Jahren, P., Sui, T. (2017). Snow and Ice. In: How Water Influences Our Lives. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1938-8_3
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