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On a recent research voyage through the Arctic ice cap, a scientist made a simple, yet significant discovery that solves one of the great mysteries about Arctic ice melt. Photo: Ice scientists Ken Golden and Chris Polashenski drill a plastic tube into the Arctic ice cap as part of their research into melt ponds that form on the ice every spring. Credit: Amanda Kowalski/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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