It would probably still be bitterly cold, especially during the winter. The melting ice cap likely wouldn't change the wind conditions, and Antarctica gets some pretty extreme winds. It would, like areas around the North Pole, have almost 6 months of complete or near-complete darkness, followed by almost 6 months of non-stop sunlight. There would be no soil to speak of (soil is formed, essentially, by dirt mixed with dead living things, bacteria, and so on--about all you'd have in Antarctica would be the dirt)
It might have some attractive prospects for mining, since any mineral deposits there now are under up to a mile or so of ice (possibly more, I'm not sure how deep the ice gets). But I doubt it would ever be particularly attractive either as a place to live, or as a place to farm.
If all the ice would melt, could we live on the land beneath the ice? Yikes! That doesn't make sense.
Answer: If there was no ice then there would be nothing under the ice, because there isn't any ice to be beneath. You must have taken Jimmy the commie Hansen's College Commie Climate Change Course.
If all the ice on Antarctica melted we would be screwed. The water from the melted ice would be fresh water. There's actually a valley/canyon underneath Antarctica. So your question is "Would be able to live in the Grand Canyon". I think not.
First off, we wouldn't drown, geographically speaking speaking, glaciers and ice and snow in mountains would have to melt for sea levels to rise..and to answer the question how do you plan on living on top of sea water?
First of all, there would be huge piles of trash left there over the years by climate science research teams, that would have to be cleaned up. Once that was done, there should be plenty of room for large populations to live.
People can live there now. If you mean live with no ice cap left there, that would be a possible option for our great-great-great-great-great-great-grea... plus a few more greats grandchildren.
We probably could. But I like the land that we have now.
If Antactica melted we'd all be drowned, so no.
We'd be dead.
Could we live on the land beneath all the ice? Would there be any elements that would come into play if the ice melted that would be harmful? Would there be iron? Which elements would be there? Would the water around Antarctica be fresh water or salt water? Would the climate change to be hot, cold, dry, wet, etc.?
