An alternate theory that is more credible is that man made global warming caused the body of water to come to a boil, the steam crept through the pores in the ice sheet and evaporated into outer space. The ultraviolet light from the sun going through the hole in the ozone layer enhanced the gravitational forces over ice sheet causing it to slump into the pit where the water was.
Boiled over?.... those darned Africanas must’ve used AC, or lived in a house and drove an automobile, just like he warned us.
Green-skinned reptilians from Planet Zork scooped it up in their flying saucers and flying teacups, and took it all away.
Sounds plausible. Here’s $10 million in tax payer money to study this further and come up with recommendations for draconian new laws and taxes to prevent this from ever happening again.