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  • The Otherworldly and Elusive Life Beneath Antarctica’s Ice

    The Otherworldly and Elusive Life Beneath Antarctica’s Ice

    While renowned for the penguins, Antarctica is perhaps equally well known for what it doesn’t have: basically, anything else. But scientist Steven Chown says the view that the icy continent lacks life is “simply not true.”

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  • The Otherworldly and Elusive Life Beneath Antarctica’s Ice

    The Otherworldly and Elusive Life Beneath Antarctica’s Ice

    While renowned for the penguins, Antarctica is perhaps equally well known for what it doesn’t have: basically, anything else. But scientist Steven Chown says the view that the icy continent lacks life is “simply not true.”