A few years ago, a semi-scientific climate expedition got trapped in sea ice in the East Antarctic (something I wrote about: https://idlewords.com/2019/07/the_stranding_of_the_mv_shokalskiy.htm …), leading to unending ridicule by climate change denialists. So it's unusual to see a straight-up "Antarctica is hot today" story
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The ozone hole (remember that?) also had a significant impact on Antarctic climate. There's no question that climate change affects the place, but it is complicated in a way the story in the Arctic is not. Truly it is the hipster polar region
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Surface or thickness? As it melts, it spreads out to cover a larger area.
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Sea ice is frozen sea water that forms on the ocean, not related to ice on the continent.
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We need to send an expedition to the ice wall and see what lies beyond
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