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Some of the most famous glacial marks lie inside Central Park in Manhattan. Sheep Meadow, just north of the famous Central Park Carousel, has dark schists whose deeply carved surfaces are visible today; these grooves were made as the glaciers retreated from Manhattan 12,000 years ago.
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future
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