Ping antarctica ice
One of the things you have to realize about ice ages is that the period of maximum glaciation is not permanent. The ice advances and retreats many times during any one period. We are presently in a period of retreat.
Antarctica, being the primary target for ice build-up as well as melt, could have had bare coastline numerous times in the last 35,000 years, much of it a consequence of rising and falling ocean levels which would disrupt the ice at the margins.
This leaves unexplained how it was a survey crew got down there to check this out, but that's something to be examined at a later date. Just accept that someone made a map and we have a copy. Bet they wore their knickers, too.
I've got golf ball-sized piece of hail from 1995 in my freezer.
[overheard, translated from Japanese]
Researcher: I wonder if there's any leftovers? Hey, what are you doing?!?
Sailor: Defrosting the fridge. The Captain told me to. Why?
Antarctica May Contain “Oasis of Life”
National Geographic News | Thursday, December 27, 2007 | Christine Dell’Amore
Posted on 12/30/2007 12:07:37 AM EST by SunkenCiv
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