![Site locations and hypothesized pan-Arctic glaciation. ODP Site 910 and MD99-2277 (red dots) are located in the Eurasian sector of the Arctic Ocean and central Nordic Seas, respectively. Site 910 lies just beyond the margins of the maximum MIS 2 Eurasian ice sheets [gray dashed line; based on (51)], while MD99-2277 was simultaneously covered by sea ice. However, both sites are hypothesized to have been fully glaciated under the maximum pan-Arctic ice sheet extent (white shaded extent with blue flow lines) proposed by Hughes et al. (75) [modified from Jakobsson et al. (7) and Geibert et al. (3)]. - Science Advances](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Ice-World-Oceanography-The-Arctic.png?resize=1200%2C718&ssl=1)
For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ice ages.
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