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There are 5 oceans, not 4, National Geographic declares

CLIP06/10/21

National Geographic announced this week that it would now officially recognize a fifth ocean called the Southern Ocean. Geographers says the swift current circling Antarctica keeps the waters distinct and worthy of their own name.

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