Antarctica with no ice

Ever curious what Antarctica would like with no ice - see some renderings of this frigic continent without ice. Some maps below show Antarctica as an archipelago, others as a larger landmass...

What would happen if all this ice melted?

This map taken from: http://www.ig.utexas.edu/outreach/wiredantarctica/lessons/sci_lessons/lesson6s.htm



Here is one from http://www.visitandlearn.co.uk/schoollinks/faqs.asp



http://library.thinkquest.org/26442/html/terra/antarctic_noice.gif



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Antarctica_Map.png



http://www.btinternet.com/~graywallis/