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The Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbrae is massive, at around 40 miles long and more than a mile thick.
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Jakobshavn Glacier

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Marine biologist Gerald Kooyman of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography has documented climate-induced changes to emperor penguin habitats and impacts on how the penguins feed, breed, and raise their young.
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Emperor Penguins

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a fur seal
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The Wandering Fur Seal

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two scientists raise an ice core
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Taking an Ice Sample

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Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.
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The Arctic and The Antarctic

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National Ice Center Monitors the Arctic and Antarctic

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Arctic Exploration

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A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky
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Tusks of Mystery

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a cold water dive
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Cold Water Diving with WHOI

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This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.
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The Census of Marine Life

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A view of McMurdo Station with a frozen Ross Sea in the background.
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McMurdo Station

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Ice divers study the abundance of marine life.
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Counting Creatures

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