Antarctica: what it means for all of us

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Just days after sailing across the face of Thwaites Glacier, a stretch more than 20-miles long collapsed into a flotilla of icebergs. The World’s Carolyn Beeler reports on what the future could look like if Thwaites collapses entirely, bringing the finale of her series home to Boston. 

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