That is the main conclusion of research that studied the fish skeletons and the size of sand grains from the past to affirm that the loop of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) was closed 14 million years ago, at the earliest.
Antarctica's isolation and the protection of the ice it houses are largely attributed to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), which acts as a barrier against warm waters from the tropics.
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