Yes
it is probably possible but it has never happened!
Antarctica is a continent. Any melting occurs with its ice sheet. And yes, there are periods during the year when the ice melts, and other periods during the year when the moisture re-freezes.
As of the year 2000, the International Hydrographic Organisation decided that the waters surrounding Antarctica would be known officially as the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean extends from the coast of Antarctica to the 60 degree South line of Latitude. What is now the Southern Ocean was previously the southern most portions of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The Southern Ocean incorporates the Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and other tributary water bodies.
Melting of Antarctica's ice shelves occurs underwater, based on warming ocean water. which melts the shelves from underneath. This phenomenon occurs all year and is not limited to summer.
Adrift or sunk, according to NASA's archive: "There were five Little Americas, all on the Ross Ice Shelf adjacent to the Bay of Whales or Kainan Bay. Numbers I and II supported Richard E. Byrd's expeditions in 1928-1930 and 1933-1935. III was operated in 1939-1941 as part of the United States Antarctic Service and was also called West Base. IV was used by Operation Highjump, 1946-1947. V was an International Geophysical Year station, operating from 1955 to 1959. The stations have gone to sea as a result of calving of the Ross Ice Shelf. In 1987 a large iceberg (designated B-9) calved from the Bay of Whales area, eliminating it, at least for several years, as a feature of the Ross Ice Shelf."
The only true polar desert is Antarctica where it is cold all year long and bitterly cold in winter. It snows very little but the snow that does fall does not melt.
Yes, it can. NASA's Grace satellite shows that Antarctica has been losing more than a hundred cubic kilometers (24 cubic miles) of ice each year since 2002. The latest data also shows that the rate that Antarctica is losing ice is accelerating, too.
Antarctica has not broken up.
· Fragile environment means that a small amount of damage will have a serious effect to the surroundings and wildlife. · The pollution in the air is making the ice melt deducing the size of Antarctica · Overfishing of krill and whale means that there are not a lot left in the sea. · Tourism has increased as there are now 10,000 new visitors a year.
It seems like the season of what year-round in Antarctica?
Generally July and August are the coldest times of year in Antarctica.