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| Oct.13 |
 Antarctica |
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Penguins die in 'catastrophic' breeding season 
All but two Adelie penguin chicks have starved to death in their east Antarctic colony, in a breeding season described as 'catastrophic' by ...
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| Jul.12 |
Antarctica |
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Massive iceberg breaks away from Antarctica A68 is the fourth largest in Antarctica and weighing more than one trillion tons, 5,800 square kilometers (2,239 square miles)
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| Jan.5 |
Antarctica |
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Huge Antarctic iceberg poised to break away Larson C expected to be one of the 10 largest ever recorded is ready to break away from Antarctica, scientists say
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| Dec.23 |
 Arctic |
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Arctic heatwave could break records Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees higher than average this Christmas Eve, in what scientists say is a record-breaking...
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| Sep.12 |
Russia |
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Russia's Norilsk Nickel admits 'red river' responsibility |
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| Jun.30 |
Antarctica |
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'Healing' detected in Antarctic ozone hole
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| Jun.22 |
Chile |
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South Pole rescue flight of 2 sick American workers arrives in Chile |
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| Mar.30 |
Antarctica |
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'Drastic' Antarctic melt could double global sea-level rise
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| Feb.28 |
Russia |
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Russian mine accident leaves 36 dead |
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| Feb.25 |
Antarctica |
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Aurora Australis: Antarctica icebreaker passengers rescued |
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| Jan.12 |
Antarctica |
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Canadian pilot dies after falling into Antarctic crevasse |
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| Dec.19 |
Norway |
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Avalanche kills man in Norway's Svalbard archipelago |
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| Jul.28 |
Canada |
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Russian helicopter pilot rescued from Arctic ice |
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| Jul.16 |
Arctic |
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Polar bears fail to adapt to lack of food in warmer Arctic
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| May.16 |
Seattle |
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'Paddle in Seattle' Arctic oil drilling protest |
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| Apr.7 |
Russia |
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Russian nuclear submarine fire 'put out' in Arctic dock
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| Mar.19 |
Arctic |
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Arctic sea ice hits record low
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Norway |
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Polar bear attacks tourist in Svalbard |
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| Feb.11 |
Arctic |
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Crews try to rescue fishing boat stuck in Antarctic ice |
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| Jan.24 |
Norway |
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Avalanche kills 1 man in Norway's remote Arctic archipelago |
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| Nov.28 |
Russia |
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Russian Navy successfully tests new missile |
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| Sep.19 |
Alaska |
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Russian planes intercepted near U.S., Canadian airspace
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| Sep.9 |
Canada |
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Fabled Franklin Arctic ship found
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| Jun.9 |
Tokyo |
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Japan signals resumption of whaling
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| May.19 |
Antarctica |
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Antarctica's ice losses double Antarctica is now losing about 160 billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean - twice as much as when the continent was last surveyed
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| May.12 |
Antarctica |
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'Nothing can stop glaciers' retreat' Key glaciers in West Antarctica are in an irreversible retreat, a study team led by the US space agency (Nasa) says
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| Jan.7 |
Antarctica |
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Antarctic ships escape from ice trap The Russian research ship Akademik Shokalskiy and Chinese icebreaker Xue Long have broken free from ice where they had been stranded
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| Jan.4 |
Antarctica |
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Coast Guard ship to attempt to rescue 2 icebreakers in Antarctica
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Antarctica |
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Rescued Antarctic passengers resume journey home
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| Jan.3 |
Antarctica |
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Chinese vessel 'may now be stuck in ice' 
The Chinese ice-breaker that helped rescue passengers stranded on the Akademik Shokalskiy vessel in Antarctica may now itself be stuck
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| Jan.2 |
Antarctica |
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All 52 passengers rescued from ship trapped in Antarctic ice After 10 days stranded far from home, all passengers from a ship stuck in ice have now been transferred by helicopter to an Australian icebreaker
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| Jan.1 |
Antarctica |
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Antarctic rescue: Helicopter starts operation
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| Dec.30 |
Antarctica |
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Helicopter rescue for ice-bound ship Akademik Shokalskiy
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| Dec.29 |
Antarctica |
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Rescue boat still trying to reach trapped ship in Antarctica |
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| Dec.27 |
Antarctica |
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Icebreaker rescue ship stuck in Antarctic ice
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| Dec.25 |
Antarctica |
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Russian ship stuck in ice near Antarctica Map of Dumont D%27Urville Antarctica The polar expedition ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, with 74 people aboard, got trapped in ice and is waiting for other ships for ice-breaking
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| Nov.12 |
Antarctica |
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Vast iceberg poses risk to shipping
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| Oct.2 |
Russia |
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Russia charges Greenpeace 'pirates' |
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| Sep.19 |
Arctic |
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Russia 'seizes' Greenpeace ship |
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| Sep.11 |
Arctic |
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Arctic winter ice volume 'hits new low'
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| Aug.29 |
Antarctica |
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Largest ice sheet 'vulnerable'
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| Jul.24 |
Arctic |
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Arctic methane 'economic time bomb'
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| Apr.1 |
Antarctica |
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Melt 'causes Antarctic sea ice rise'
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| Feb.27 |
Alaska |
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Shell halts Arctic drilling for 2013 |
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| Jan.23 |
Antarctica |
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Antarctic search for missing plane |
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| Feb.6 |
Arctic |
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Shrinking polar ice may be to blame for freeze
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| Dec.29 |
Russia |
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Nuclear submarine in dock fire A fire has broken out during repairs to a Russian nuclear submarine at a dock near the northern port of Murmansk
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| Aug.5 |
 Norway |
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Polar bear kills 1 Briton, injures 4 A 17-year-old British boy is dead and four others are severely injured after a bear attacked their tents as they took part in a school trip
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| Jul.12 |
Antarctica |
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Japan 'to continue' Antarctic whaling |
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| Feb.17 |
Antarctica |
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Japan to bring whaling boats home
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| Jan.14 |
London |
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BP and Russia in Arctic oil deal |
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| Dec.12 |
Antarctica |
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S. Korean ship sinks, 4 dead, 17 missing A fishing vessel sank in frigid ocean waters about 1,000 nautical miles north of McMurdo Station. Aat least 20 were rescued
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| Oct.30 |
Antarctica |
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Antarctic copter crash kills four French |
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| Sep.13 |
Antarctica |
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New Zealand rescues American |
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| Nov.25 |
Antarctica |
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Massive icebergs heading to New Zealand |
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| Sep.3 |
Arctic |
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1990s temps warmest in 2,000 years Science magazine: Arctic temperatures in the 1990s reached their warmest level of any decade in at least 2,000 years
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| Feb.27 |
Arctic |
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Bombers intercepted before Obama visit |
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| Dec.4 |
Antarctica |
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Cruise ship strikes ice, stranded on coast The Ushuaia, carrying 89 passengers and 33 crew members, was stranded on the coast of Antarctica after striking ice
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| Jul.30 |
Arctic |
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Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk |
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| Jan.17 |
Antarctica |
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Anti-whaling activists handed over |
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| Jan.16 |
Antarctica |
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Whalers accused of kidnapping activists An anti-whaling group is accusing the crew of a vessel of kidnapping 2 activists who climbed on board the ship to try to stop its whaling operations
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| Dec.21 |
 Japan |
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Humpback whale hunt halted Japan has 'temporarily halted' its much-criticized plan for a humpback whale hunt in the seas near Antarctica
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| Nov.23 |
Antarctica |
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Sinking ship 'struck iceberg' | More than 150 passengers and crew aboard Norwegian cruise ship MS Nord Norge have been rescued to safety | |
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| Aug.10 |
Arctic |
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Canada to build two military Arctic bases
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| Aug.2 |
Arctic |
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Russia plants flag on Arctic floor Map of North Pole Arctic| Russian explorers dived deep below the North Pole in a submersible to stake a symbolic claim to the energy riches of the Arctic | |
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| Aug.1 |
Arctic |
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Russia to sink flag in land grab |
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| Dec.29 |
Arctic |
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Ice shelf snaps, breaks free from Arctic
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| Aug.12 |
Russia |
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Russia marks Kursk five years on
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| Mar.16 |
Russia |
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58 dead in apartment blast
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| Mar.6 |
Arctic |
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Dramatic rescue of North Pole 12
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| Sep.21 |
Antarctica |
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Ill worker flown from South Pole
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| Aug.29 |
Arctic |
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Nuclear submarine sinks
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| Sep.13 |
Russia |
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Kursk bow sawn off |
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| Apr.25 |
Antarctica |
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Ailing doctor arrives in station |
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| Apr.23 |
Antarctica |
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Rescue plane lands in Antarctica |
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| Aug.12 |
Arctic |
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Kursk submarine went down Map of Barents Sea Arctic All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank
before year 2000
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| Dec. 14, 1911 |
Antarctica |
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Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole Map of South Pole Antarctica| A Norwegian explorer led the Antarctic expedition (1910–12) that was the first to reach the South Pole | |
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| Jun. 1, 1831 |
 Canada |
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James Ross locates North Magnetic Pole Map of Boothia Peninsula Canada| James Clark Ross found it at Cape Adelaide on the Boothia Peninsula | |
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| Feb. 17, 1773 |
Antarctica |
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Captain James Cook crosses the Antarctic Circle| Cook commanded HMS Resolution on this voyage. Cook's expedition circumnavigated the globe at an extreme southern latitude | |
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