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THE technique of radio-echo sounding of polar ice sheets is now well established1–3, and three seasons of radio-echo sounding from long range aircraft of the US Navy have been completed under a joint programme of the Scott Polar Research Institute and the US National Science Foundation.
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OSWALD, G., ROBIN, G. Lakes Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Nature 245, 251–254 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/245251a0
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