But they’re not talking about floating ice. They’re talking about glacial ice on top of bedrock. They’re still full of crap. Just sayin’
The WAIS is classified as a marine-based ice sheet, meaning that its bed lies well below sea level and its edges flow into floating ice shelves. The WAIS is bounded by the Ross Ice Shelf, the Ronne Ice Shelf, and outlet glaciers that drain into the Amundsen Sea.