Much of Antarctica is rimmed by thick, glacier - fed plates of ice, but those on the peninsula have been receding as a result of a climatic warming trend there since the late 1940 ’ s.
وبما ان الرصيف الجليدي يطفو فوق سطح الماء ،‏ فلن يرفع تحطّمه مستوى سطح البحر بدرجة كبيرة .‏