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Figure 2.4
British Antarctic Survey
Twin Otter equipped to
ya
geophysical survey in Antarctica to
investigate the rocky landscape
beneath the ice. (Credit: David
Vaughan, BAS)
Figure 2.5
Drilling rig on sea ice off Cape Roberts, December 1999. (Credit: John Smellie, BAS)
mountain range that traverses the continent dividing it into an older
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East Antarctica
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from a younger
; the Ellsworth Mountains, the highest mountain
range that occupies what appears to be an anomalous or unusual position aligned
transverse to the linear trend of the Transantarctic Mountains; and the Antarctic
Peninsula, a deeply dissected, highly glaciated, sinuous mountain chain.
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West Antarctica
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