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Scientists analyze 30 years of data on landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound

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University of Otago scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica 's McMurdo Sound .

Fast ice is frozen ocean water that is attached to shorelines and persists for at least 15 days .

Storm events, air temperature and winter wind speed cause fast ice thickness to vary year to year.

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