Alex Brisbourne, Author at British Antarctic Survey

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Alex Brisbourne

Glacier Geophysicist

As a Glacier Geophysicist I use seismics, radar and GPS techniques to investigate the properties of the ice and what lies beneath it. In order to understand how the icesheets will evolve, and how they will contribute to sea level rise in the future, we need to understand how they are currently behaving and how the bed of the ice streams controls their behaviour.

Since joining BAS in 2012 I have participated in a number of field projects including:

mapping the bathymetry of Larsen C Ice Shelf
investigating the bed of the tributary ice streams which form Pine Island Glacier
monitoring ice quakes and tremor on Vatnajökull in Iceland
investigating Korff Ice Rise for ice sheet history
constraining crust and mantle structure with teleseismic earthquake observations
studying the influence of basal conditions on the flow of Rutford Ice Stream
measuring the water depth of Subglacial Lake CECs

Collaborations

My research interests lie in using geophysical tools to investigate the ice sheets and glaciers and their role in the Earth System. I have particular interest in basal processes and ice dynamics, ice-ocean interaction and ice mass balance.

iSTAR: Investigating the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
UKANET: Part of POLENET – The polar earth observing network
BEAMISH: Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream: Bed Access, Monitoring and Ice Sheet History
GHOST: Geophysical Habitat of Subglacial Thwaites

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2026

Fichtner, Andreas. Walter, Fabian. Brisbourne, Alex . Booth, Adam D. Kendall, John Michael. Hudson, Thomas. Paitz, Patrick. Lipovsky, Bradley Paul. (2026) Fibre-optic exploration of the cryosphere.

Brisbourne, Alex M. . Schlegel, Rebecca . (2026) 1.24 – Geophysical methods in cryosphere science, Volume 1.

Hank, Kevin. Arthern, Robert J. . Williams, C. Rosie . Brisbourne, Alex M. . Smith, Andrew M. . Smith, James A. . Wåhlin, Anna. Anandakrishnan, Sridhar. (2026) Inferring the ice sheet sliding law from seismic observations: A Pine Island Glacier case study.

2025

Agnew, Ronan S. . Booth, Adam D. Brisbourne, Alex M. . Clark, Roger A. Livermore, Philip W. Smith, Andrew M. . (2025) Subglacial Conditions From Converted-Wave Seismic Reflection Amplitudes: Synthetic Experiments and Case Study Reveal a Frozen Bed at an Antarctic Ice Rise.

Hills, Benjamin H. Young, T.J. Lilien, David A. Babock, Esther. Bienert, Nicole. Blankenship, Donald. Bradford, John. Brighi, Giancorrado. Brisbourne, Alex . Dall, Jørgen. Drews, Reinhard. Eisen, Olaf. Ershadi, M. Reza. Gerber, Tamara A. Holschuh, Nicholas. Jansen, Daniela. Jordan, Thomas M. Karlsson, Nanna B. Li, Jilu. Martín, Carlos . Matsuoka, Kenichi. May, Daniel. Oraschewski, Falk M. Paden, John. Rathmann, Nicholas M. Ross, Neil. Schroeder, Dustin M. Siegert, Martin. Siegfried, Matthew. Smith, Emma. Zeising, Ole. (2025) Radar Polarimetry in Glaciology: Theory, Measurement Techniques, and Scientific Applications for Investigating the Anisotropy of Ice Masses.

Borthwick, Louise . Muto, Atsuhiro . Anandakrishnan, Sridhar . Tinto, Kirsty . Agnew, Ronan . Brisbourne, Alex . Schlegel, Rebecca . Killingbeck, Siobhan . Kulessa, Bernd . Alley, Richard . Willet, Amanda. Melton, Sierra . (2025) Rift‐Related Sedimentary Basin and Deeper‐Seated Mafic Intrusions Modeled Beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica: Influence on Glacier Dynamics.

Zeising, Ole. Arenas-Pingarrón, Alvaro . Brisbourne, Alex M. . Martín, Carlos . (2025) Brief communication: Reduced bandwidth improves the depth limit of the radar coherence method for detecting ice crystal fabric asymmetry.

Arenas-Pingarrón, Álvaro . Brisbourne, Alex M. . Martín, Carlos . Corr, Hugh F.J. Robinson, Carl . Jordan, Tom A. . Brennan, Paul V. (2025) An alternative representation of Synthetic Aperture Radar images as an aid to the interpretation of englacial observations.

Schlegel, Rebecca . Zoet, Lucas K. Booth, Adam D. Smith, Andrew M. . Clark, Roger A. Brisbourne, Alex M. . (2025) Subglacial landscape formation and sediment discharge: relating basal conditions to bedform dimensions and properties at Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica.

2024

Brisbourne, Alex M. . Hudson, Thomas S. Kendall, J. Michael. Editors: Li, Yingping. Mellors, Robert. Zhan, Ge (2024) Borehole and Surface Applications of Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Characterization of the Cryosphere and Glacial Environments.

Schlegel, Rebecca . Brisbourne, Alex M. . Smith, Andrew M. . Booth, Adam D. Murray, Tavi. King, Edward C. . Clark, Roger A. (2024) Subglacial bedform and moat initiation beneath Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica.

Lapins, S. Butcher, A. Kendall, J.-M. Hudson, T.S. Stork, A.L. Werner, M.J. Gunning, J. Brisbourne, A.M. . (2024) DAS-N2N: machine learning distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) signal denoising without clean data.

2023

Pearce, Emma. Booth, Adam D. Rost, Sebastian. Sava, Paul. Konuk, Tuğrul. Brisbourne, Alex . Hubbard, Bryn. Jones, Ian. (2023) A synthetic study of acoustic full waveform inversion to improve seismic modelling of firn.

Hudson, Thomas Samuel. Brisbourne, Alex M. . Kufner, Sofia-Katerina. Kendall, J.-Michael. Smith, Andy M. . (2023) Array processing in cryoseismology: a comparison to network-based approaches at an Antarctic ice stream.

Agnew, Ronan S. . Clark, Roger A. Booth, Adam D. Brisbourne, Alex M. . Smith, Andrew M. . (2023) Measuring seismic attenuation in polar firn: method and application to Korff Ice Rise, West Antarctica.

Brisbourne, A.M. . Smith, Andrew . Rivera, A. Zamora, R. Napoleoni, F. Uribe, J.A. Ortega, M. (2023) Bathymetry and bed conditions of Lago Subglacial CECs, West Antarctica.

Hudson, T.S. Kufner, S.K. Brisbourne, A.M. . Kendall, J.M. Smith, A.M. . Alley, R.B. Arthern, R.J. . Murray, T. (2023) Highly variable friction and slip observed at Antarctic ice stream bed.

Pearce, Emma. Booth, Adam. Rost, Sebastien. Sava, Paul. Konuk, Tuğrul. Brisbourne, Alex . Hubbard, Bryn. Jones, Ian. (2023) Characterising ice slab in firn using seismic full waveform inversion, a sensitivity study.

Kufner, S.-K. . Wookey, J. Brisbourne, A.M. . Martín, C. . Hudson, T.S. Kendall, J.-M. Smith, A.M. . (2023) Strongly depth-dependent ice fabric in a fast-flowing Antarctic ice stream revealed with icequake observations.

2022

Zhou, Wen. Butcher, Antony. Brisbourne, Alex . Kufner, Sofia-Katerina . Kendall, J-Michael. Stork, Anna. (2022) Seismic noise interferometry and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS): Inverting for the firn layer S-velocity structure on Rutford Ice Stream, Antarctica.

Jordan, T.M. Martín, C. . Brisbourne, A.M. . Schroeder, D.M. Smith, A.M. . (2022) Radar characterization of ice crystal orientation fabric and anisotropic viscosity within an Antarctic ice stream.

Harrison, Lianne C. . Holland, Paul R. . Heywood, Karen J. Nicholls, Keith W. . Brisbourne, Alex M. . (2022) Sensitivity of melting, freezing and marine ice beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf to changes in ocean forcing.

Schlegel, Rebecca. Murray, Tavi. Smith, Andrew M. . Brisbourne, Alex M. . Booth, Adam D. King, Edward C. . Clark, Roger A. (2022) Radar derived subglacial properties and landforms beneath Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica.

2021

Hudson, T.S. Baird, A.F. Kendall, J.M. Kufner, S.-K. . Brisbourne, A.M. . Smith, A.M. . Butcher, A. Chalari, A. Clarke, A. (2021) Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) for natural microseismicity studies: A case study from Antarctica.

Kufner, Sofia-Katerina . Brisbourne, Alex M. . Smith, Andrew M. . Hudson, Thomas S. Murray, Tavi. Schlegel, Rebecca. Kendall, John M. Anandakrishnan, Sridhar. Lee, Ian. (2021) Not all icequakes are created equal: basal icequakes suggest diverse bed deformation mechanisms at Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica.

Hudson, T. . Baird, A. Kendall, M. Kufner, S-K. . Brisbourne, A. . Smith, Andy . Butcher, A. Chalari, A. Clarke, A. (2021) Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Antarctica: What we can learn for studying microseismicity elsewhere.

Butcher, A. Hudson, T. . Kendall, M. Kufner, S-K. . Brisbourne, A. . Stork, A. (2021) Radon transform-based detection of microseismicity on DAS networks: A case study from Antarctica.

Kendall, M. Brisbourne, Alex . Hudson, T. . Kufner, S-K. . Butcher, A. Baird, A. Smith, A. . Chalari, A. Clarke, A. (2021) Listening to Ice Sheets – Fibre Optic Cables as Seismic Sensors in the Antarctic.

Brisbourne, Alex M. . Kendall, Michael. Kufner, Sofia-Katerina . Hudson, Thomas S. Smith, Andrew M. . (2021) Downhole distributed acoustic seismic profiling at Skytrain Ice Rise, West Antarctica.

McAfee, Carson W.I. . Rix, Julius . Quirk, Sean J. . Anker, Paul G.D. . Brisbourne, Alex M. . Makinson, Keith . (2021) Non-contact measurement system for hot water drilled ice boreholes.

Smith, A.M. . Anker, P.G.D. . Nicholls, K.W. . Makinson, K. . Murray, T. Rios-Costas, S. Brisbourne, A.M. . Hodgson, D.A. . Schlegel, R. Anandkrishnan, S. (2021) Ice stream subglacial access for ice sheet history and fast ice flow: The BEAMISH Project on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica and initial results on basal conditions.

2020

Hudson, T.S. . Brisbourne, A.M. . Walter, F. Graff, D. White, R.S. Smith, A.M. . (2020) Icequake source mechanisms for studying glacial sliding.

Hudson, T.S. Brisbourne, A.M. . White, R.S. Kendall, J.M. Arthern, R. . Smith, A.M. . (2020) Breaking the ice: Identifying hydraulically-forced crevassing.

Dunham, C.K. O’Donnell, J.P. Stuart, G W. Brisbourne, A.M. . Rost, S. Jordan, T.A. . Nyblade, A.A. Wiens, D.A. Aster, R.C. (2020) A joint inversion of receiver function and Rayleigh wave phase velocity dispersion data to estimate crustal structure in West Antarctica.

Brisbourne, Alex . Kulessa, Bernd. Hudson, Thomas . Harrison, Lianne . Holland, Paul . Luckman, Adrian. Bevan, Suzanne. Ashmore, David. Hubbard, Bryn. Pearce, Emma. White, James. Booth, Adam. Nicholls, Keith . Smith, Andrew . (2020) An updated seabed bathymetry beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula.

Napoleoni, Felipe. Jamieson, Stewart S.R. Ross, Neil. Bentley, Michael J. Rivera, Andrés. Smith, Andrew M. . Siegert, Martin J. Paxman, Guy J. G. Gacitúa, Guisella. Uribe, José A. Zamora, Rodrigo. Brisbourne, Alex M. . Vaughan, David G. . (2020) Subglacial lakes and hydrology across the Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands, West Antarctica.

2019

O'Donnell, J.P. Brisbourne, A.M. . Stuart, G.W. Dunham, C.K. Yang, Y. Nield, G.A. Whitehouse, P.L. Nyblade, A.A. Wiens, D.A. Anadakrishnan, S. Aster, R.C. Huerta, A.D. Lloyd, A.J. Wilson, T. Winberry, J.P. (2019) Mapping crustal shear wave velocity structure and radial anisotropy beneath West Antarctica using seismic ambient noise.

O'Donnell, J.P. Stuart, G.W. Brisbourne, A.M. . Selway, K. Yang, Y. Nield, G.A. Whitehouse, P.L. Nyblade, A.A. Wiens, D.A. Aster, R.C. Anandakrishnan, S. Herta, A.D. Wilson, T. Winberry, J.P. (2019) The uppermost mantle seismic velocity structure of West Antarctica from Rayleigh wave tomography: insights into tectonic structure and geothermal heat flow.

Hudson, Thomas S. . Smith, Jonathan. Brisbourne, Alex M. . White, Robert S. (2019) Automated detection of basal icequakes and discrimination from surface crevassing.

Brisbourne, Alex M. . Martin, Carlos . Smith, Andy M. . Baird, A.F. Kendall, J.M. Kingslake, J. (2019) Constraining recent ice flow history at Korff Ice Rise, West Antarctica, using radar and seismic measurements of ice fabric.

Bougamont, M. Christoffersen, P. Nias, I. Vaughan, David G. . Smith, Andy . Brisbourne, Alex . (2019) Contrasting hydrological controls on bed properties during the acceleration of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica.

2018

Rosier, Sebastian H.R. . Hofstede, C. Brisbourne, Alex M. . Hattermann, T. Nicholls, Keith W. . Davis, Peter E.D. . Anker, Paul G.D. . Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter . Smith, Andy M. . Corr, Hugh F.J. (2018) A new bathymetry for the southeastern Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf: implications for modern oceanographic processes and glacial history.

2017

Bingham, Robert G. Vaughan, David G. . King, Edward C. . Davies, Damon. Cornford, Stephen L. Smith, Andrew M. . Arthern, Robert J. . Brisbourne, Alex M. . De Rydt, Jan. Graham, Alastair G. C. Spagnolo, Matteo. Marsh, Oliver J. Shean, David E. (2017) Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow.

Davies, Damon. Bingham, Robert G. King, Edward C. . Smith, Andrew M. . Brisbourne, Alex M. . Spagnolo, Matteo. Graham, Alastair G. C. Hogg, Anna E. Vaughan, David G. . (2017) How dynamic are ice-stream beds?.

Hudson, T.S. . White, R.S. Greenfield, T. Ágústsdóttir, T. Brisbourne, A. . Green, R.G. (2017) Deep crustal melt plumbing of Bárðarbunga volcano, Iceland.

Smith, Emma C. Baird, Alan F. Kendall, Michael. Martín, Carlos . White, Robert S. Brisbourne, Alex M. . Smith, Andrew M. . (2017) Ice fabric in an Antarctic ice stream interpreted from seismic anisotropy.

Brisbourne, Alex M. . Smith, Andy M. . Vaughan, David G. . King, Edward C. . Davies, D. Bingham, R.G. Smith, E.C. Nias, I.J. Rosier, Sebastian H.R. . (2017) Bed conditions of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica.

2015

Smith, E.C. Smith, A.M. . White, R.S. Brisbourne, A.M. . Pritchard, H.D. . (2015) Mapping the ice-bed interface characteristics of Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, using microseismicity.

Holland, P.R. . Brisbourne, A. . Corr, H.F.J. McGrath, D. Purdon, K. Paden, J. Fricker, H.A. Paolo, F.S. Fleming, A.H. . (2015) Oceanic and atmospheric forcing of Larsen C Ice-Shelf thinning.

2013

Brisbourne, Alex . Smith, Andy . King, Edward . Nicholls, Keith . Holland, Paul . Makinson, Keith . (2013) Seabed topography beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf from seismic soundings.

Pomeroy, Joseph. Brisbourne, Alex . Evans, Jeffrey. Graham, David. (2013) The search for seismic signatures of movement at the glacier bed in a polythermal valley glacier.

Smith, A., Brisbourne, A., Woodward, J., Ross, N., & Siegert, M. (2025). Subglacial Lake Ellsworth seismic reflection profiles, raw seismic and GPS survey data, 2007/2008 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f7eda2dc-245e-4704-aef8-4a267190c22a
Agnew, R., Brisbourne, A., & Smith, A. (2025). Seismic reflection and refraction shot gathers from Korff Ice Rise, West Antarctica, 2015 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e9ed7128-eeed-4478-b308-8d1ea347dfa4
Brisbourne, A., Schlegel, R., Jordan, T., & Zeising, O. (2025). Polarimetric radar measurements for the characterization of ice crystal orientation fabric and anisotropic rheology within Rutford Ice Stream, 2016/2017 to 2019/2020 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b89672c4-22fb-434a-9197-4da39d26782a
Corr, H., Robinson, C., Jordan, T., Nicholls, K., Brisbourne, A., & Bodart, J. (2024). Processed airborne radio-echo sounding data from the FISS 2016 surveys covering the Filchner and Halley Ice Shelves, and the English Coast (western Palmer Land), West Antarctica (2016/2017) – V2 (Version 2.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e203926b-7a54-4c33-a5df-04df2293d7d3
Schlegel, R., Smith, A., Brisbourne, A., Clark, R., & Booth, A. (2024). Basal Elevation and Reflectivity beneath Rutford Ice Stream from ground-based 3D migrated radar data acquired in 2017/18 within two 3x3km2 areas (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/dbf2e081-b332-4d20-b242-2daa5fed25ae
Schlegel, R., Brisbourne, A., Smith, A., & Booth, A. (2024). 3D radar topography, radar-derived bed reflectivity and seismic acoustic impedance of Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, December 2005 to January 2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/11e5449d-2de7-40d8-8994-094238808625
Brisbourne, A., Rivera, A., Zamora, R., Napoleoni, F., Smith, A., Ortega, M., & Uribe Parada, J. (2023). Seismic bathymetry surveys of Subglacial Lake CECs, West Antarctica, 2016 and 2022 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/768258e0-8719-446f-b20f-587725d55774
Arenas Pingarron, A., Brisbourne, A., Corr, H., Jordan, T., Robinson, C., Martin, C., Nicholls, K., & Smith, A. (2023). Ice-sounding airborne synthetic aperture radar depth profiles from Recovery Ice Stream 2016/17 and Rutford Ice Stream 2019/20 to test the RGB-Doppler-Decomposition method. (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/40c2f86b-1a02-4106-934a-42769682df66
Kufner, S., Brisbourne, A., Smith, A., Wookey, J., Martin, C., Hudson, T., & Kendall, J. (2022). Shear wave splitting catalogue, Rutford Ice Stream (West Antarctica), November 2018 to February 2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6fcc17ad-425b-4367-bd23-c4133a38e359
Corr, H., Robinson, C., Jordan, T., Nicholls, K., & Brisbourne, A. (2021). Processed bed elevation picks from airborne radar depth sounding from the FISS 2016 survey covering the Filchner and Halley Ice Shelves (2016/2017) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e7851bba-21ff-4645-b557-d8eafdf89462
Corr, H., Robinson, C., Jordan, T., Nicholls, K., & Brisbourne, A. (2021). Processed airborne radio-echo sounding data from the FISS 2016 surveys covering the Filchner and Halley Ice Shelves, and the English Coast (western Palmer Land), West Antarctica (2016/2017) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/0cb61583-3985-4875-b141-5743e68abe35
Brisbourne, A., & Kendall, M. (2021). Downhole distributed acoustic seismic profiles at SkyTrain Ice Rise, West Antarctica, January 2020 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/99f0d269-d8fa-48e0-89e6-358486d82330
Napoleoni, F., Jamieson, S., Ross, N., Bentley, M., Rivera, A., Smith, A., Siegert, M., Paxman, G., Gacitúa, G., Uribe, J., Zamora, R., Brisbourne, A., & Vaughan, D. (2020). Subglacial lakes and hydrology across the Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands, West Antarctica, 1977-2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/72f46ad0-063d-49a7-ba89-45edc5d9aac7
Schlegel, R., Brisbourne, A., King, E., Murray, T., & Smith, A. (2020). Radar-derived bed reflectivity of Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, December 2016 to January 2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/5f68fce1-863e-4173-acdb-0ed03cca1c95
Jordan, T., Martin, C., Brisbourne, A., Schroeder, D., & Smith, A. (2020). Radar characterization of ice crystal orientation fabric and anisotropic rheology within Rutford Ice Stream, 2017-2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/d5b7e5a1-b04d-48d8-a440-c010658ec146
Kufner, S., Brisbourne, A., Smith, A., Hudson, T., Murray, T., Schlegel, R., Kendall, J., Anandakrishnan, S., & Lee, I. (2020). Microseismic icequake catalogue, Rutford Ice Stream (West Antarctica), November 2018 to February 2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/b809a040-8305-4bc5-baff-76aa2b823734
Booth, A., White, J., Pearce, E., Cornford, S., Brisbourne, A., Luckman, A., & Kulessa, B. (2019). Seismic refraction data from two sites on Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf, Nov 2017, following the calving of Iceberg A68 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/147baf64-b9af-4a97-8091-26aec0d3c0bb
Brisbourne, A., Hudson, T., & Holland, P. (2019). Seismic bathymetry data, Antarctic Peninsula, Larsen C Ice Shelf, 2016 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/315740b1-a7b9-4cf0-9521-86f046e33e9a
Booth, A., White, J., Pearce, E., Cornford, S., Brisbourne, A., Luckman, A., & Kulessa, B. (2019). Ground penetrating radar common-midpoint gathers from Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf, Nov 2017, following the calving of Iceberg A68 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/4e94de3b-e156-4f6f-a854-8edeaa4e8302

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