Ancient ice sheets' formed secret valleys beneath the seafloor
A hidden valley buried beneath the ocean floor was quickly craved out around the "death throes" of an ancient ice sheet near the end of the ice age about 20,000 years ago
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A hidden valley buried beneath the ocean floor was quickly craved out around the "death throes" of an ancient ice sheet near the end of the ice age about 20,000 years ago
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