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photostill · 28-07-12, 18:21

Since warm ocean water is channeling under this glacier, were the glacier gone, some of it would be underwater. Some how other than it being an unusual geographic feature, I don't think there will be a lot to be discovered there as far as past history goes. Glaciers tend to scrape everything clean as they move. So any plant or animal residues are likely gone.

If you need geologic data from rocks and strata, then that will still be there. It's a question of how to get to it. Going down through ice, other than drilling a borehole, isn't really an easy task.

The mention that warm ocean water is lubing the underside of the glacier is misleading in that it doesn't tell it all. This is written by someone who expects others to know geology and defining the obvious is a waste of time. But to the causal reader who is not involved with the discipline, much is unsaid, because it is assumed you already know.

First the 'warm ocean water' isn't what you would consider really warm. In comparison to it's surrounding its warm. Even in the summer were you in the water there without proper protection, you'd die of hypothermia.

The Antarctic is some of the most forlorn and desolate landscape you can find on the earth's surface. It's no prize winner in the summer. In the winter it's deadly.

If the underlayer of warm water moves at all, like a flow, then this glacier's life is limited. It will eventually melt the glacier and in the meantime will provide a 'bearing' like surface to help it move and break up quicker. Ice is brittle and movement at any speed beyond the ageless movement it normally takes will assist in that break up. It is the fact that it is in a channeled area that allows it the 'wholeness' it has now.

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photostill The Enigma Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 9,977 Thanks: 3,009 Thanked 1,524 Times in 928 Posts	Re: Sweeping 'Grand Canyon' Discovered Beneath Antarctic Ice Since warm ocean water is channeling under this glacier, were the glacier gone, some of it would be underwater. Some how other than it being an unusual geographic feature, I don't think there will be a lot to be discovered there as far as past history goes. Glaciers tend to scrape everything clean as they move. So any plant or animal residues are likely gone. If you need geologic data from rocks and strata, then that will still be there. It's a question of how to get to it. Going down through ice, other than drilling a borehole, isn't really an easy task. The mention that warm ocean water is lubing the underside of the glacier is misleading in that it doesn't tell it all. This is written by someone who expects others to know geology and defining the obvious is a waste of time. But to the causal reader who is not involved with the discipline, much is unsaid, because it is assumed you already know. First the 'warm ocean water' isn't what you would consider really warm. In comparison to it's surrounding its warm. Even in the summer were you in the water there without proper protection, you'd die of hypothermia. The Antarctic is some of the most forlorn and desolate landscape you can find on the earth's surface. It's no prize winner in the summer. In the winter it's deadly. If the underlayer of warm water moves at all, like a flow, then this glacier's life is limited. It will eventually melt the glacier and in the meantime will provide a 'bearing' like surface to help it move and break up quicker. Ice is brittle and movement at any speed beyond the ageless movement it normally takes will assist in that break up. It is the fact that it is in a channeled area that allows it the 'wholeness' it has now. __________________ You can help this site, by clicking on the link below to buy a Premium Account. & Thank you for helping us. Click;