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    • The Dry Valley in the Antarctic summer.
    Rights: Dr Megan Balks Published 21 June 2007 Size: 130 KB Referencing Hub media

    The Antarctic environment is very dry, during the 24-hour days of the Antarctic summer, the surface of the soil can get quite warm and dry.

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