Hi Shax!
Saw this item in the newz last nite about another huge chunk of ice breaking away from Antartica. It's about the size of Long Island NY and it's on a collision course with another portion of the same ice sheet. The site below provides a good time-laspe animation of it's travels ("see the movie")...

Here is a link that might be useful: Ice on the move...

Can't pass this up!

What are the prices for igloos in iceburgs?

The configuration of Antarctica is changing pretty fast as these floating icesheet break away. Wonder if major marine currents will be themselves changed; say, bringing warmer waters poleward and thus accelerating climatic change experienced in the interior. Any signs that the Polar Easterlies are weakening?

Marshall,

I know a friend of a friend who can let you have the penthouse of an igloo on an iceberg that may or may not end up in Long Island...just send me a blank cheque and we can negotiate when it arrives...

(I can't believe I spelled "iceberg" wrong...thank goodness Alfie doesn't come here, or she'd have my guts for garters!)

Regards,

Shax

Actually, I think we are onto something here with "iceburg". Those refusing to admit to global warming have been quick to point out earlier predictions of global cooling and imminent arrival of a new ice age. Well, let's force them to put their dollars (for the most part) in support of this view. Let's require the purchase of igloo futures and leasing building tracts in/on future iceburgs. We will only accept short-term leases for shoreline tracts. Blue-ice specials will of course become choice options having the appeal of old glaciers and interesting internal topographies of crevasses, outflow channels and the like.

LOL, about the "burg" irony! On a more serious note: how much fresh water is in that thing? Oh, to be able to tap into it and transport it to where water is scarce!

Millions of gallons.(Monte could give us the amount to the milliliter.) During California's last major drought (1980's onward), some entrepeneur was promising to haul ice flows/bergs from Antarctica to California ports. Whatever happened to that project? Seems to me that Australia has a greater need of fresh water and is a lot closer to the ice source than California.

Marshall,
the towing of icebergs for use as a water source in Australia has been touted and studied here for a while.

Here is an interesting scientific paper on the subject...

Regards,

Shax

Here is a link that might be useful: Icebergs for Water

Good and interesting article, Shax. Calls for conservation and rationalization of water planning seem to be the way to go rather than using icebergs.

I read somewhere that the interior of Antartica is cooling while the edges are warming.......Wayne, who has emerged [electric power-wise] from his own ice storm.

That would explain why my dad had the fire going, and the electric blanket on on xmas day in the middle of summer!! Scarey thought!!