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Photo Gallery: Antarctica
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Photo: Snow and ice collect at higher elevations but the valleys are as dry as the Gobi desert
Photo: Snow and ice collect at higher elevations but the valleys are as dry as the Gobi desertPhoto: Leading edge of a glacier crumbling under weight and movementPhoto: Large ice floes on the Southern Ocean. Ridges are caused by floes bumping up against one another, forming walls of ice.Photo: Queen Maud Land, AntarcticaPhoto: Icicles hanging from an iceberg on AntarcticaPhoto: Ecotourists in an inflatable boat explore tall icebergsPhoto: Mount Melbourne near Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica
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The windswept ice of Victoria Land in Antarctica stretches for hundreds of desolate miles. This area receives less precipitation than most of the world's hot deserts.
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

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