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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica is considered by many climate scientists to be one of the world’s most vulnerable and most important glaciers in terms of future sea level rise …

The conversationJuly 02, 2020 2:28:09 PM IST Jules Verne sent his fictional submarine, the Nautilus, to the South Pole through an ocean hidden under a thick layer of ice. Written 40 years before any explorer had reached the pole, its story was, however, only half-fiction. In fact, there are hidden …