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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Julia Musto

A robot got stuck under Antarctic ice years ago. Its data has now revealed an even bigger problem

Hoping to collect data on the Southern Ocean’s Ross Sea, scientists deployed Marlin, an autonomous underwater vehicle, two years ago. However, it got stuck under an ice shelf.

Not all was lost as the robot dove and took measurements in the water.

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