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Accumulates starts to spread out toward the edges of the continent, but the transantarctic mountains form a barrier. so the ice sheet hits the mountains and cant get through. the other thing is there are these really knarly winds that come off, and drop down into the plateau and then rush towards the edges of the continent gushing through these valleys. >> anthony: so its a fluky micro climate here? >> michael: we call it the banana belt i of antarctica. its warm, were coastal. >> anthony: life ...

Get wipped out. >> michael: when scientist came and first started studying they thought that these soils were sterile, but weve dispelled that myth when the glaciers melt and the streams flow, thats where you find life. >> anthony: so why is this area look like this? wheres the ice? how come the ground is sort of soft and spongy? >> byron: the polar plateau where most of the ice accumulates starts to spread out toward the edges of the continent, but the transantarctic mountains form a barrier. s...

The other thing is there are these really knarly winds that come off, and drop down into the plateau and then rush towards the edges of the continent gushing through these valleys. >> anthony: so its a fluky micro climate here? >> michael: we call it the banana belt i of antarctica. its warm, were coastal. >> anthony: life at lake hoare, considering the limitations and the difficulties, is freakin luxurious by continental standards. out here, by the way, as everywhere on the continent, every bit...

These really knarly winds that come off, and drop down into the plateau and then rush towards the edges of the continent gushing through these valleys. >> anthony: so its a fluky micro climate here? >> michael: we call it the banana belt i of antarctica. its warm, were coastal. >> anthony: life at lake hoare, considering the limitations and the difficulties, is freakin luxurious by continental standards. out here, by the way, as everywhere on the continent, every bit of waste is separated and co...

Whatever we could completely jack up the soils organisms that live below there. >> anthony: oh like that guy? >> byron: yeah, like that dude hes totally -- hes going to get wipped out. >> michael: when scientist came and first started studying they thought that these soils were sterile, but weve dispelled that myth when the glaciers melt and the streams flow, thats where you find life. >> anthony: so why is this area look like this? wheres the ice? how come the ground is sort of soft and spongy?...