[Nathan Zachary]

"was hoping to find some information here about any possible relationship between melting ice and hydrothermal venting."

There are plenty of articles about that. In fact not long ago about some volcanic activity found under the pole ice. Try looking at "friends of science" They keep a large archive of links to articles and research papers.

[Nathan Zachary]

http://www.friendsofscience.org/index.php?id=155

The Friends of Science Society (FoS) is a Canadian non-profit group based in Calgary, Alberta, that is "made up of active and retired engineers, ...