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To: maceng2 who wrote (21733)	3/19/2002 4:55:48 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Well it depends on whether you're measuring the thickness of ice on the continent and its accumulation via snowfall, versus depletion via thawing, or the overall area of coverage for the continental ice field. Trying to say that 780 Billion tons of Antarctic ice sheet breaking off into the S. Antlantic constitutes evidence of a thinning overall ice thickness is like claiming your suffering from calcium deficiency because that inch long toe nail of yours finally broke off. When ice gets thicker inland, it must move towards lower elevations and eventually to the ocean. And unless you're expecting that ice sheet to spread inexorably across the ocean blue until it hits Tierra Del Fuego or the Cape of Good Hope, it eventually has to break off and melt. IOW, I think you're talking about apples, and I'm discussing oranges... :0) Btw, I really don't know who's right in this argument... I'm not a scientist... But I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express the other night (don't tell the wife.. :0) Hawk

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