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Term: Polar ice cap
Definition: A high-latitude region covered in ice; not a true ice cap, which are less than 50,000 square kilometers (12.4 million acres) and are always over land; more like an ice sheet; also called polar ice sheet.
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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