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    Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is an ocean current that flows clockwise (as seen from the South Pole) from west to east around Antarctica. An alternative...
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    Associated with the Circumpolar Current is the Antarctic Convergence encircling Antarctica, where cold northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively...
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  • up circumpolar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Circumpolar may refer to: Antarctic region Antarctic Circle the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Subantarctic...
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    Drake Passage (category Antarctic region)
    Pacific and Indian) to be connected via the Antarctic Circumpolar current (ACC), the strongest oceanic current, with an estimated transport of 100–150 Sv...
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    the BBC and CNN. In early April 2024, the iceberg entered the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, but stays in place as it was trapped in a Taylor column, as...
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  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The seafaring is usually easier and thus safer in area of the South Atlantic Current than in the Antarctic Circumpolar...
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    major currents of the world's oceans, such as the Gulf Stream, the Kuroshio Current, the Agulhas Current, and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, are all...
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    remainder will flow south on the EAC Extension until it reaches the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The Tasman Front transport is estimated at 13 Sv. The eastward...
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    to create a true Antarctic Circumpolar Current. If the opening occurred as late as hypothesized, then the Antarctic Circumpolar Current could not have had...
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  • The Antarctic Circumpolar Wave (ACW) is a coupled ocean/atmosphere wave that circles the Southern Ocean in approximately eight years at 6–8 cm/s (2.4–3...
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