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US and UK researchers have stitched together more than 1,000 views of the White Continent to make a stunning new high-definition polar panorama. The images come primarily from the American Landsat spacecraft and show features on the 3,500km-wide icy terrain down to a resolution of 15 meters…

It can be browsed through a free-to-use website[early days, it's slooow] – and the data will also be made available for use on “virtual globe” software, such as Google Earth.