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Article: Subglacial mountain range rivals the Alps.(WORLD watch)(Brief article)
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- Geographical
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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Images of a subglacial landscape that rivals the Alps have been captured for the first time in Antarctica, following an extensive survey as part of the International Polar Year.
Using remote sensing technology and ice-penetrating radar mounted on two aircraft, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and research institutions from six other nations endured average temperatures of--30[degrees]C in some of the highest and most exposed parts of the region to make the most extensive survey of a landscape that is buried under up to four kilometres of ice.
Discovered in 1958 as part of a Soviet expedition using seismic sounding, the precise ...