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Many Antarctic glaciers are hemorrhaging ice. This one is healing its cracks

Treks deep into Kamb Ice Stream crevasses revealed ice refreezing into green globs, sealing gaps

A photo of several tents set up on in Antarctica.

A team of researchers visited the Kamb Ice Stream, a coastal glacier in West Antarctica that remains stable so far, despite climate change.

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By Douglas Fox

Even as some parts of West Antarctica rapidly melt, raising sea level, large swaths of the ice remain stable for the time being. Scientists have now explored one of those stable spots — an isolated nook where the ocean meets the ice.