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International Team To Drill Beneath Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf
Description: An international team of researchers funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will travel next month to one of Antarctica's most active, remote and harsh spots to determine how changes in the waters circulating under an active ice sheet are causing a glacier to accelerate and drain into the sea. [Source: NASA]
URL: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/nov/HQ_11-377_Pine_Island_Glacier.html
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Source: NASA
Publish Date: 11/9/2011
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