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Monday, February 23rd, 2015

Antarctica: Mystery continent holds key to mankind’s future

Author:     LUIS ANDRES HENAO and SETH BORENSTEIN
Source:     The Associated Press
Publication Date:     February 20, 2015 9:30 PM
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Stephan:   Here is the story of one of the great Earth adventures.
In this Jan. 20, 2015 photo, a church is lit in the town of Villa Las Estrellas on King George Island, Antarctica. Geologists are entranced by Antarctica’s secrets. Clues to answering humanity’s most basic questions are locked in this continental freezer the size of the United States and half of Canada: Where did we come from? Are we alone in the universe? What’s the fate of our warming planet? Credit: AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

In this Jan. 20, 2015 photo, a church is lit in the town of Villa Las Estrellas on King George Island, Antarctica. Geologists are entranced by Antarctica’s secrets. Clues to answering humanity’s most basic questions are locked in this continental freezer the size of the United States and half of Canada: Where did we come from? Are we alone in the universe? What’s the fate of our warming planet?
Credit: AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

DECEPTION ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — Earth’s past, present and future come together here on the northern peninsula of Antarctica, the wildest, most desolate and mysterious of […]

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