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Enigmatic Arctic ice sheets

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To what extent was the Arctic Ocean glaciated in the past? Heavily, according to data, gathered by a submarine, which show considerable ice-scouring of topography in parts of the ocean basin.

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Figure 1: Possible ice-sheet distribution around the Arctic Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum, about 20,000 years ago.
Figure 2: Profile across the Arctic Ocean, as indicated by the red line in Fig. 1.

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