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With records going back to 1979, there is little dispute that Arctic ice is in retreat but up till now scientists have had difficulty in reconciling an expansion of Antarctic sea ice with global warming.
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A new study of the physical properties of the Antarctic landmass has revealed the most detailed map yet produced, showing a landscape of mountain ranges gorges and ravines significantly deeper than ever imagined.
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Russian researchers studying samples from Lake Vostok, the largest subglacial lake in the Antarctica, say they have found a new microbial life form unknown to science.
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With Australian Federal police poised to raid the groups' ships should they dock in Hobart, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) founder Paul Watson, said nothing "can ever take away from what we achieved."
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is reporting that "The Japanese whaling fleet has left the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary and is heading north." Watson said he estimates that the whaling fleet killed "no more than 75 whales."
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Forty-six black killer whales stranded Sunday afternoon in the Strait of Magellan, Chile; 20 of them died despite intense efforts by local fishermen, Navy personnel and scientists who tried to save them and return them to sea.
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The conflict in the Southern Ocean between Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) and Japanese whalers has escalated dangerously once more. SSCS claims that the Bob Barker has once again been rammed amid the arrival of a new Japanese Naval ship.
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Three Canadian crew members of an Antarctic research plane are presumed dead after their aircraft crashed during a flight between two research camps.
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A video of an Antarctic penguin colony's first contact with humans has been released by researchers from the International Polar Foundation (IPF).
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Three bottles of probably the most famous scotch in the world have been returned from Scotland to their home in Antarctica. The bottles belonged to explorer Ernest Shackleton and were flown to Scotland to try and recreate the recipe.
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Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey have located what they believe to be one of the largest colonies of emperor penguins ever discovered.
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A total of four Japanese whaling vessels left Japanese ports on Friday bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt of minke whales and other large cetaceans in the seas around Antarctica.
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Early on Christmas Day it was announced that a British expedition to investigate Lake Ellsworth, a sub-glacial lake over two miles below the surface of Antarctica, had to be called off.
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American Model Kate Upton's latest "secret" Sports Illustrated cover shoot isn't on a bright sunny beach or on a green grass backyard - but you can see the quintessential swimsuit model clad in white bikini 35 degrees below zero in Antarctica.
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The "lost world" of Lake Ellsworth is a subglacial lake which lies 3.4 km (2.1 miles) under a solid mass of glacial ice in the western part of Antarctica.
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Researchers in Antarctica discovered a bizarre creature in an ancient cocoon. Researchers say that this creature is unlike anything ever seen before.
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In a study released last week, scientists attached to Nevada’s Desert Research Institute (DRI) revealed the existence of bacteria in one of Earth’s most alien habitats, 20 metres below a frozen lake in Antarctica.
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The tragic story of the ill-fated Japanese Polar expedition that due to unexpected weather conditions was forced to leave in Antarctica a team of fifteen sled dogs of the Sakhalin Husky breed, two of which survived a year of hunger and neglect.
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A NASA study has reported a rise in Antarctic sea ice. For cherry picking climate change deniers, it may be a neat counterweight to Arctic ice melt but, as the NASA study shows, Antarctic ice expansion is another worrying trend in global climate change.
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After losing a beloved brother to cancer, Sea Shepherd founder, Capt. Paul Watson, vows to return to his ships to launch 'Operation Zero Tolerance' in December.
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