European Agency Finds Many Ice Deposits Located at Martian South Pole
European Space Agency Mars Express found that the ice located at the south pole of Mars is up to 2.2 miles deep. Scientists believe the ice at the south pole on Mars has enough water that it would be able to cover the entire planet with an ocean up to 36 feet deep. Radar studies done by the European Space Agency's Mars Express has initially concluded that not only is the ice up to 2.2 miles deep in some locations, it is almost completely pure water.
The Mars Express revealed the ice cap is composed of 10 percent dust, 90 percent water, numbers that are surprising to scientists. Scientists previously believed the ice cap had more dust.
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