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Photo: Ecotourists in an inflatable boat explore tall icebergs
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A majestic tower of sculpted snow soars over a group of ecotourists exploring the Antarctic in an inflatable boat. The coastal fringes of the Antarctic ice sheet often fracture and float away as icebergs, creating a coastline of colossal ice cliffs.
Photograph by Ralph Lee Hopkins

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