Icebreaker (image)

University of Texas at Austin

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The researchers deployed marine seismic technology from the back of an ice breaker near Antarctica's Sabrina Coast. The equipment captured images of the seafloor, including geological formations created by the ice sheet. This allowed the scientists to reconstruct how glaciers in the area have advanced and retreated over the past 50 million years.

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Sean Gulick/University of Texas at Austin

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