During the Cold War, Antarctica was primed for conquest. Here’s how it became an international science laboratory.

This NASA Mission Uses Cold War Planes to Map the World’s Largest Island

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Antarctic Glaciology and Geophysics – Antarctica: Glaciological and Geophysical Folio. David J. Drewry

Rescued Radar Maps Reveal Antarctica’s Past

“More than 2 million newly digitized images extend the history of the bottom of the ice sheet”

Dustin Schroeder: How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet

“Antarctica is a vast and dynamic place, but radar technologies — from World War II-era film to state-of-the-art miniaturized sensors — are enabling scientists to observe and understand changes beneath the continent’s ice in unprecedented detail.”

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