A Gain in Ice?

     I’m not the most up to date on global warming or all the theories out there about the climate but when I came across this article I thought it was sort of different from what I have heard. We have all known for a while that the Arctic has been losing ice every year for whatever reasons they say but what I hadn’t known or maybe heard or paid attention about was that the ice in the Antarctic has been increasing.
     The increase in ice may be due to the ozone hole over the Antarctic. This increase may not be a good thing though. The reason for the difference in ice because of the ozone hole is ultimately because of humans. The ozone gap or hole is bigger than the size of North America.
     The cause of the ice increase, they believe, is because of the different patterns and strength of winds. The winds push the ice outward creating more of it.
     The research that has been done is not very extensive and little is really known. This scientific work is dangerous and of course extremely cold and difficult. The work isn’t top priority for most scientists studying these conditions. Also as the article puts it, “scientists are ignoring the southern continent because it's not convenient.” So there is much to learn.
     The article mentions how eerie and empty the landscape is sometimes, how cold it is, and even how the other day, a team of researchers were stranded because of the ever changing ice. It broke and left a gap the team couldn’t cross until they were rescued by an inflatable bridge.
     I will be the first to volunteer that I am a baby when it comes to the cold and I sincerely give props to the people who risk their lives in freezing weather to learn and educate others about that part of the world.