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Peering into Deep Dark Pits in the Antarctic

Medicine & Technology Jul 18, 2019

Even if these dark pits occur every year, scientists still point out that there is a lot that is unknown.

Mysterious Holes that Keep Opening Up in Antarctica

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In the early 1970s, when satellites first began snapping photos of Earth, scientists noticed a mysterious hole in one of Antarctica's seasonal ice packs, floating on the Lazarev Sea. Come summertime the gap had disappeared, and for decades the strange event went unexplained.

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Peering into Deep Dark Pits in the Antarctic

Mysterious Holes that Keep Opening Up in Antarctica

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