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By Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger As mentioned in the previous blog post, ice is the most prominent feature in Antarctica. No surprise, considering that the continent is covered with it. Add to that the ice shelves and sea ice that greatly enlarge its area in winter. Under the ice are vast...
by Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger To use one word—ice—to describe the predominant feature of an entire continent can lull a person into a terrifically limiting frame of mind. “The” ice is actually all sorts of ice. Antarctica lies under an immense ice sheet that is an average of one mile thick....
by Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger Certain eloquent moments in the natural world cause a welling up in me that yields unexpected, unbidden tears. It happened the first time I witnessed a breeching whale, and again when I saw a wolf on a far-off ridge in Yellowstone Park raise its nose to the...