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The Topography of the Gamburtsev Mountains Beneath the Antarctic Ice

Caption: Researchers have probed the depths under Antarctic ice to reveal a map of the Gamburtsev Mountains (see inset to the right).

Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation, Gamburtsev topography by Abdulhakim Abdi, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

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