Friday, March 11, 2011

Question: If the Antarctic ice is melting so fast, why is the Old Pole station "entombed under about 30 feet or more of snow"

South Pole: Demolition of 'Old Pole' Station Under the Ice | OnOrbit
Martinez led the effort to finish a job that Mother Nature had begun not long after members of the Seabee construction battalion departed in January 1957, as drifting snow and ice quickly buried the buildings.
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Today, the entire facility is entombed under about 30 feet or more of snow, having moved away from the geographic pole with the slow drift of the ice sheet.

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