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Antarctica: The Frozen Continent
» Circulation
The path of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (also called the West Wind
Drift) that flows around Antarctica (dark blue). The Subtropical
Convergence marks the boundary between the cold waters to the south
and the warm waters to the north.
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