How bad is it getting?
 

I poke around Google Maps every once in a while.
Is this summer or winter for the south pole?
Here's why i'm wondering....

The south pole at a glance.
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2...argeal4.th.jpg

Look at the bottom right of the above picture. Is that.... yes, it is...

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4...mallza2.th.jpg
It's lake water.

take a look here at ice melting and sliding north, refrezeing as it hits the colder water.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2593/ice2le9.th.jpg

Now i know the north pole has had lakes and run-off before, each time it gradually gets worse. (thus the worry about the north Atlantic current shutting down.)

But the south pole? I thought that one was supposed to be 10x harder to melt.

That is an awesome pic.

It's actually summer down there.