Round and Round (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Round and Round

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Driven by powerful winds, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current swirls clockwise around the southern continent. Hotter colors represent higher velocities; red dots are drill sites. 

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Gisela Winckler

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