US-Led, International AGAP Team Poised to Probe One of Antarctica's Last Unexplored Places (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

US-Led, International AGAP Team Poised to Probe One of Antarctica's Last Unexplored Places (2 of 2)

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Robin Bell (left), co-chief scientist for the US AGAP research team, and Michael Studinger, both of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, discuss the upcoming field campaign to determine the history and nature of the Gamburtsev Mountains, a range that rivals the Alps, but which is buried under four kilometers of ice.

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National Science Foundation/Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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