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Meteorite hunters don’t search for meteorites in the places most frequently peppered by them – they go to Antarctica instead, because that’s where they are easiest to find.

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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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