Map showing Lake Snow Eagle in Antarctica (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Map showing Lake Snow Eagle in Antarctica

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Lake Snow Eagle lies in a canyon in East Antarctica covered by a miles-thick ice sheet. The lake was discovered by a research team led by The University of Texas at Austin using ice penetrating radar and other airborne geophysical instruments.

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University of Texas Institute for Geophysics

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