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[Adam Todd]

At 06:28 PM 5/02/2007, Howard Lowndes wrote:


>Stewart Fist wrote:
>>Where does all that salt go annually when the sea ice freezes?
>>It must lower the sea level.
>>On the Planet Earth program the other night Attenborough said that sea ice

Speaking of which David has announced his retirement.

<sigh> Yet another Hero of the world (Singers, Dancers, Thespians, Actors) 
who are retiring and dying off with no one to replace them in the 
longetivity that these people sustained.

>>extends from the Antarctic coast in Winter by an incredible rate of 2.5
>>miles (I think it was miles) a day.  It's hard to believe such a rate of
>>change, but I don't dispute the master.
>>The poor old penguins would face a never-ending-journey if they reached the
>>coast at the wrong time.
>
>Compared to the Arctic, the volume of sea ice in the Antarctic is 
>considerably less, as the vast bulk of the Antarctic is a land mass and 
>therefore has mostly fresh water ice.  Yes, and the penguins do travel 
>considerable distances.

So do the seals and polar bears!