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Antarctica

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Ice Sheet   a large, thick area of ice that covers a region  
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Ice Shelf   a thick layer of ice that extends above the water  
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Calving   the process in which a section of ice breaks off the edge of a glacier  
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Iceberg   large piece of floating ice that broke off an ice shelf or glacier  
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Katabatic wind   the strong, fast, cold winds that blow down from the interior of Antarctica  
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Lichen   tiny, sturdy plants that growing rocky areas  
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Krill   the tiny shrimp like sea creature that are eaten by whales  
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Plankton   plants or animals that ride along with water currents  
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Ozone   the certain kind of oxygen that forms a layer around earth in the atmosphere  
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Remote Sensing   the method of getting information from far away  
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