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Alps-like Range under Antarctic Ice Sheet Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> General Science   
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Flying twin-engine light aircraft the equivalent of several trips around the globe and establishing a network of seismic instruments across an area the size of Texas, a U.S.-led, international team of scientists has not only verified the existence of a mountain range that is suspected to have caused the massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet to form, but also has created a detailed picture of the rugged landscape buried under more than four kilometers (2.5 miles) of ice. (source: nsf.gov)
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