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Glacially covered continental mass in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Why antarctic research stations are built above ground instead of on the ground or underground?

The same contrast can be found between bare ground areas of the Antarctic Peninsula at latitude 60°S and at almost 5,000 m of elevation on Mount Vinson plateau at latitude ~80°S …
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The giant 6,000 km$^2$ iceberg A-68; will ground-truth telemetry supplement satellite tracki...

I can't imagine a moving object more suitable for remote sensing tracking than Iceberg A-68, with such slow displacement and huge size. So I don't think it will be particularly useful to install any …
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What is likely to have happened with these newly discovered antarctic volcanos below the ice?

That's a very interesting study, but only provide very rough information on the posible volcanoes that might exist under the ice. In the case of the volcanoes shown in the radargram I'll highlight som …
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How do glaciers move? Could Antarctica be separated?

Out of the two processes mentioned above, basal sliding is the main one in large glaciers and antarctic ice streams, but it is unable to work in cold-based glaciers (i.e. glaciers where the base is not …
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