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Ethan James

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Scientists sail to study world s strongest current - What They Never Told You

Scientists are heading to the Southern Ocean to study the water current surrounding Antarctica. (HANDOUT/CSIRO)

Antarctica is encircled by the planet's strongest current which helps keep the frozen continent cool and hotter northern waters at bay. 

But naturally occurring "leaks" in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, dubbed the continent's dam, have in recent times allowed more water in. 

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