It is cooler at Scott Base than on the Peninsula, but, there ain't no snow. And the sailing looks remarkably easy in the middle picture.
One of my greatest concerns and one that is dearly not addressed in literature is the outcome of the Blue Ice when the Ice Terraces fail. I hope the world's populations don't learn the 'hard way.' I sincerely believe the terraces protect the Blue Ice from a shrinking base and instability of an ice mass with a very high center of gravity.