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ANSMET: a program funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation that looks for meteorites in the Transantarctic Mountains.
Glacier: a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
Meteorite: a meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground.
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