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Antarctica'S Hidden Basins: Ice, Tectonics, Risk

A newly mapped continent-scale basin network beneath East Antarctica, read alongside the polar science, exploration history, and climate stakes that explain why buried geology shapes ice-sheet futures.

6 booksJune 14, 2026

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