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If you know the altitude above sea level and the density is uniform then it should be possible to calculate how how much ice is below the surface and the thickness.

Sonar should be able to measure the distance from the sub to the ocean floor and the sub to the bottom of the ice above it. Add them together and you get the distance from the ice to the ocean floor.

With those two datapoints it should be possible to get an accurate estimate of the ice thickness.



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