By Leah Crane.
The research team's field camp is on the Whillans ice stream in West Antarctica, with the Transantarctic Mountains in the background.
Kerry Key is at Columbia University.
There is a lot of water underneath the ice. Until now there has been no conclusive evidence to support the suspicion that there is underground water beneath the ice.
The corridors of ice flow to the ocean are very important.
If there is water at the base of the ice stream, it can go very quickly, but if there is no water there, you can't.
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