Map of ocean floor depth (bathymetry) on the Amundsen Sea continental shelf, looking north from the Getz Ice Shelf. Depth is colour-coded from shallow

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Map of ocean floor depth (bathymetry) on the Amundsen Sea continental shelf, looking north from the Getz Ice Shelf. Depth is colour-coded from shallow (red) to deep (purple). Black areas are data gaps. The deeper areas have were formed by the past flow of ice-streams. Understanding past ice-stream flow will help scientists predict future Antarctic ice sheet loss.

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Photo credit: © Robert Larter/Pete Bucktrout, BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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