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der Eispanzer (-)  ice sheet, ice shelf, thick layer of ice

US-Forscher haben unter dem kilometer-dicken Eispanzer der Antarktis zwei zuvor unbekannte Seen entdeckt.
U.S. researchers have discovered two previously unknown lakes beneath the kilometers-thick ice sheet in the Antarctic.

Related: die Eiszeit Ice Age, der Panzer tank; armor; shield; shell

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