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Originally Posted by rahl
Can someone explain to me how you think sea levels rise? Polar icecaps melting will not make sea levels rise. The ice is already displacing the ocean water at this time. If they all melted it wouldn't raise the levels one inch.
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"Basically, Antarctica is a snow and ice "factory"
with ice depths on the Polar Plateau reaching 15,000 feet (the continent's average ice thickness is 7,000 feet). Thus, one of Antarctica's most important resources is its ice. It is said that Antarctica's ice accounts for 70% of the world's fresh water. "
its not allowing me to post a link
so youll just have to copy and paste
antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/weather/snowand Ice - Weather in Antarctica -
feet in a mile=5280 feet in a statute mile
3 miles deep in spots +/-
average mile and a quarter +/-
a hell of a lot of scotch on ice