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Environment suitability: HS, High suitability (red); MS, Medium suitability (green); LS, Low suitability (sky); NS, Not suitable (white). Close up maps of: 1, Scotia Arc and Antarctic Peninsula; 2, Prydz Bay and Kerguelen Plateau; 3, Ross Sea and Amundsen Sea showed in the close up boxes on the right.
