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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (51455)	5/14/2014 1:36:16 PM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

It was on solid ground until warmer waters ate away at it's base and it started to melt inwards to the South Pole. A lot of ice in Antarctica is actually over an inland sea that is deeper than the surrounding ocean. Once that thaw zone melts inwards towards the pole it's over. Large areas are becoming "ungrounded" for the first time in thousands of years. Only a matter of time for much more ice, glaciers ect to melt away adding to sea level rise. To understand what's happening you have to look at the topography below the ice. A lot of Antarctica's ice is sitting on ground well below sea level. Eric