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Glaciers don't always form near the poles, although they are close but not all of them are. You can look at the Glacier Pio XI, in Patagonia, Chile. It is close to the southern pole but the climate there is temperate to moderate. It all depends on the regional climate and how the climate was there thousands of years ago.

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