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  "path": "/news/dunedin/campus/researchers-discover-antarctic-island-usually-hidden-ice",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T16:30:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "University of Otago biological oceanographer Associate Prof Linn Hoffmann (left) prepares drill holes in the ice to collect water samples from the Weddell Sea. PHOTOS: M WIETZ/CHRISTIAN HAAS  \n\n  \n\nWhen Associate Prof Linn Hoffmann boarded a research vessel to study marine phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean, the last thing she expected was to be part of the discovery of a new island off the coast of Antarctica.",
  "title": "Researchers discover Antarctic island usually hidden by ice"
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