Answer: 18 square feet.
Explanation:
You can find the surface area of the ice cubes by taking the area of each square side and multiplying it by 6. 
1 * 1 = 1, so each side is 1 square foot. 
There are six sides on a cube, so each ice cube has a surface area of six feet squared. 
There are three ice cubes there, so 3 * 6 = 18 square feet. 
Three ice cubes have a surface area of 18 feet squared.