Bare ground being revealed by retreating snow and ice on Joinville Island just off the Antarctic Peninsular.

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Bare ground being revealed by retreating snow and ice on Joinville Island just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

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