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From: Accelerated thermokarst formation in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

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(Above) Quickbird satellite image of Garwood Valley (image data courtesy the Polar Geospatial Data Center).

Mapped ice extents are based on field observations of exposed ice and ground penetrating radar34. Contours are at 100 m intervals. Inset location map shows the Ross Sea region, the modern Ross Ice Shelf (RIS), the southern MDV (arrow) and the location of Garwood Valley (red dot). (Below) Geomorphic map of Garwood Valley surface units. Inset shows extent of ice-cored landscapes and buried ice in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV). GV indicates location of Garwood Valley, TV of Taylor Valley and WV of Wright Valley.

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