tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950141682045084229.post4833564734893681516..comments2012-11-15T01:42:36.667-02:00Comments on Antarctica 2009-2010: Day 30Cedrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066363389837957323noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950141682045084229.post-81648084392391229422009-03-03T11:26:00.000-03:002009-03-03T11:26:00.000-03:00Good question ! I am not the right person to answe...Good question ! I am not the right person to answer, but my guess is that since the ice shelf is floating on water, as snow accumulates on the surface, it sinks deeper, but gets melted by the water below, so probably stays leveled to first order. At the same time, ice from the continent flows outward continuously and pushes/replenishes the ice shelf, which therefore also moves laterally. Then iceCedrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13066363389837957323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950141682045084229.post-76738399271262621992009-02-28T19:48:00.000-03:002009-02-28T19:48:00.000-03:00This place is quite amazing and out of norm. I hav...This place is quite amazing and out of norm. I have a question. The buildings are getting buried by snow accumulation but the whole surface level does not go up every year, is not it? I am guessing the whole snow mass is on the contrary going down, maybe due to its own weight and lateral motions, so that the surface level stays -at first order- stationary with time?Francois Ascanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915834659621006976noreply@blogger.com