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A new method for studying polar ice sheets confirms the generally accepted concepts of ice sheet flow and finds that a region near the ice crest of the West Antarctic ice sheet has been stable for ∼ 30,000 yr.
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Whillans, I. Radio-echo layers and the recent stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet. Nature 264, 152–155 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264152a0
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