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Greenland Ice Sheet
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Wisconsin glaciation
Sepia-toned map of Greenland, with the label "Greenland" highlighted in blue.
Earth's subglacial lakes. A polar map shows five great ice caps, or centres, from which the ice moved outward during the Ice Age and to which it later retreated.
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Who governs Greenland?
In Greenlandic, Greenland is known as Kalaallit Nunaat: “The Land of the...
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Wisconsin glaciation
Ice sheets during the Wisconsin glacial episode penetrated deep into North America.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
Earth's subglacial lakes.
Some 773 subglacial lakes had been identified beneath the ice worldwide by 2022,...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
A polar map shows five great ice caps, or centres, from which the ice moved outward...
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