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Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

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developed and issued two guiding documents to serve as roadmaps for this effort: the 2022 National Strategy for the Arctic ...

In addition to swearing in Dr. Mike Sfraga as the United States’ first Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic Region, the State ...

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