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Arctic conditions in the regions surrounding an ice-sheet. Although such conditions are now confined to high latitudes, during the Pleistocene they were far more extensive.
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Arctic conditions in the regions surrounding an ice-sheet. Although such conditions are now confined to high latitudes, during the Pleistocene they were far more extensive.
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