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Skiing, wool baubles, ice-cream: how Antarctic scientists celebrate Christmas

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Dr Kate Winter, of Northumbria University , and colleagues will be deploying instruments on Flask glacier to study how quickly glaciers flow into the ocean.

The team will deck their tent in hand-crocheted wool baubles, and possibly indulge in some hot chocolate.

Winter said the team planned to ski the 4 miles to their research site.

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