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The Antarctic Peninsula has experienced a dramatic increase in temperature and the loss of ca. 14,000 km 2 of ice-shelf area in recent years. During this time George VI Ice Shelf (GVIIS) has remained relatively intact, but it is now reaching its theoretical limit of viability. Epishelf lakes, formed when ice shelves dam the mouths of marine embayments, accumulate sediments that can be used...
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