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Ancient Seal Remains Reveal Warmer Antarctica, Study Says
Jul. 4, 2006
In an Antarctic "ghost town," freeze-dried whiskers, skin, and bones provide evidence that the South Pole was a much warmer place not too long ago, a new study reveals.
The 1,000- to 6,000-year-old elephant seal remains were found in abandoned breeding colonies in a now barren region of Victoria Land on the Antarctic coast near the Ross Sea (map of Antarctica).
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Website: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060627-ancient-seals.html
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