From: tlmfru on
In the current issue of "Scientific American" (Feb. 2008) there is an
article on glaciers and icecaps. One part of the article discusses why ice
added to water doesn't raise the water level; more important are the
conclusions from scientists working in situ on the icecaps:

Greenland icecap: net - shrinking
East Antarctic icecap: net -shrinking
West Antarctic icecap - uncertain.

Both accumulation and melting are happening in all three areas.

PL.