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Tan Xianchun, a researcher at the Institutes of Science and Development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said China has ...

Imagine celebrating Christmas in one of the most remote places on Earth. This was the reality for Ashley Grams, a staff member from the University of Minnesota, who spent the holiday drilling for ice ...