The study analyzed satellite data that measured small changes in height of the surface of the ice and snow on the continent. While it appears that ice mass is growing at the moment, scientists note that, within a few decades, that trend could be reversed.
She is Europe's oldest living person and has attributed her longevity to eating several raw eggs a day. The oldest person ever to have lived was the French woman Jeanne Calment who died aged 122 years and 164 days, according to Guinness World Records.
The oldest confirmed recorded age for any human is 122 years (see Jeanne Calment). This is referred to as the  maximum life span , which is the upper boundary of life, the maximum number of years any human is known to have lived.