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Antarctic Ice Shelf Exploration - Part 3: The harsh realities of the ice shelf emerge
As the expedition pressed on, the mainland and its ice front closed in, and the sense of scale intensified. The edge of the ice shelf was not a single line but a stratified margin of hummocked fields. The first extended sorties onto the shelf thrust the teams into the heart of the unknown, revealing drop-offs beneath thin snow bridges and sledge teams whose runners snapped on blue ice.
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