Originally published at: New survey reveals land under Antarctica | Boing Boing
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So if there was no ice coverage then what we call Antarctica would really be an archipelago
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Hydrostatic rebound was literally the first thing that came to mind, Rob.
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I was hoping it would look more like middle earth
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I’ve got a new RPG world map. Huzzah!
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My immediate thought is RPG campaign map, of course.
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Hey, look; I can see the Mountains of Madness from up here!
Edited to add some sense to my sentence.
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hydrostatic rebound
Ooh, yeah, that’s going to be significant. Though it is not so much a fixed amount - North America is still bouncing back from the loss of glaciers 6000 years ago. (Or rather the Northern parts of North America - the US side is apparently sinking as the continent adjusts to the loss of weight. Bit of a see-saw effect going on.) It was rising at a rate of only about three dozen feet per century at first, declining to about four feet a century now. On the other hand, Antarctica has been apparently rising for almost 20 years due to ice loss, and many times faster than expected, so the process might take a lot less time to be significant.
In between post-glacial isostatic rebound and the loss of the gravitational pull of the ice mass, it’ll really add up - with the reduced gravitational pull having the biggest immediate effect and rebound having the largest eventual effect.
Although that’s based on the sea level being where it is now, which by definition it wouldn’t be. Once the ice is gone, the sea level drops locally and the crust rebounds, so… maybe more like some inland seas with islands (eventually)?
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Does no one else see the 2 kaiju locked in battle?
Who knew Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster was “Based on a True Story”?
Either that…or Rocksteady used Shredder’s time warp, drank a Giant Growth potion, and fought the Midgard Serpent to prevent Ragnarok (“You give Rocks a bad name!”); West Antarctica is where the viscera landed from his horn punch.
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Me also. Terminal nerd status: Unlocked.
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That image is very 2001
… or, that is, I guess 2001: A Space Odyssey was more Lovecraftian than I realized 
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That would make a nice D&D world map.
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Have they found dinosaurs/mutants/space aliens/ whatever?
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I’m experiencing hydrostatic rebound right now.
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I’m calling dibs on the mineral rights!
(Just kidding. God help us all if there are ever any mineral rights to exploit there.)
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Another comic reference to the Mountains of Madness
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There is actually a full adaptation:
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You say ‘locked in battle’ - I see an amorous embrace. This sort of misunderstanding leads to Tokyo being flattened on a depressingly regular schedule.
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