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Antarctica once had a forest and researchers are trying to figure out why it disappeared
Largest glacier in East Antarctica, the 120 km long and more than 30 km wide Totten Glacier, pictured in this file photo (AFP)

Antarctica once had a forest and researchers are trying to figure out why it disappeared

Antarctica wasn't always the frozen barren land that it is today - millions of years ago, it was covered in lush forests. The trees had some bizarre traits to let them survive the extreme light conditions at the poles.

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