About Lambert Glacier: Lambert Glacier is so big it can be seen clearly from space. It drains about a twelfth of all the ice on the whole Antarctic continent. The ice creeps along slowly, taking many years to reach the sea. It carries a huge share of Antarctica's ice slowly toward the sea

Location: East Antarctica · Length: About 400 km (250 mi) long and up to 100 km (60 mi) wide · Type: A vast valley glacier, the biggest on Earth · Country: Antarctica (no single owner, shared under the Antarctic Treaty) · Formation: Ice flows slowly downhill from the high Antarctic ice sheet · Flows Into: The Amery Ice Shelf, which floats on the ocean · Job: Drains about 8% of the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet · Discovery: Spotted from an Australian survey plane in the 1950s · World Rank: The largest glacier in the world