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Headline: Tournament Earth 2020: Best Picture Of NASA Earth Observatory Contest - Antarctica Melts Under Its Hottest Days on Record

Caption: Ice caps and glaciers felt the heat as temperatures reached 18.3°C (64.9°F). On February 6, 2020, weather stations recorded the hottest temperature on record for Antarctica. Thermometers at the Esperanza Base on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula reached 18.3°C (64.9°F)—around the same temperature as Los Angeles that day. The warm spell caused widespread melting on nearby glaciers.

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