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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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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 |
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Huge Antarctic iceberg poised to break away Map of Larson C Weddell Sea Antarctica 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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| Jun.30 |
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'Healing' detected in Antarctic ozone hole
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| Jun.22 |
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South Pole rescue flight of 2 sick American workers arrives in Chile
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| Mar.30 |
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'Drastic' Antarctic melt could double global sea-level rise
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| Feb.25 |
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Aurora Australis: Antarctica icebreaker passengers rescued
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| Jan.12 |
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Canadian pilot dies after falling into Antarctic crevasse
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| May.19 |
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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 |
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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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  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 |
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 Coast Guard ship to attempt to rescue 2 icebreakers in Antarctica A U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker left for Antarctica on Sunday to rescue more than 120 crew members aboard two icebreakers
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 Rescued Antarctic passengers resume journey home Map of Casey Station Antarctica An Australian icebreaker carrying 52 passengers who were retrieved from an icebound ship in the Antarctic resumed its journey home
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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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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. The Russian-flagged MV Akademik Shoka... | |
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Antarctic rescue: Helicopter starts operation An operation has begun in Antarctica to rescue passengers from the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy. A Chinese helicopter arriv...
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52 passengers trapped in Antarctica to be rescued be helicopter
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| Dec.31 |
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Spirits strong among passengers on ship stuck in ice
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| Dec.30 |
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Helicopter rescue for ice-bound ship Akademik Shokalskiy Most of the 74 people aboard a Russian research ship stuck in the frozen Antarctic may be airlifted out, Russia said on Monday
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| Dec.29 |
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Weather halts Antarctic ship rescue
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 Rescue boat still trying to reach trapped ship in Antarctica An Australian icebreaker ship Aurora Australis is moving closer to the Russian-flagged vessel and was expected to break through early Monday...
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| Dec.27 |
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Icebreaker rescue ship stuck in Antarctic ice Map of South Pole Antarctica South Pole weather has stymied a rescue by a Chinese ship trying to reach an expedition vessel trapped for the past four days in frozen seas
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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 |
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Vast iceberg poses risk to shipping Latest images show several kilometres of water between the iceberg, estimated to be about 700 sq km, and the glacier that spawned the block
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| Aug.29 |
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Largest ice sheet 'vulnerable'
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| Apr.1 |
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Melt 'causes Antarctic sea ice rise' Climate change is expanding Antarctica's sea ice, according to a scientific study in the journal Nature Geoscience
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| Jan.23 |
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 Antarctic search for missing plane A search is under way for the Twin Otter aircraft with three Canadians that has gone missing in Antarctica, officials say
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 Japan 'to continue' Antarctic whaling Japan intends to send its whaling fleet back to the Antarctic this year; at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting
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| Feb.17 |
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Japan to bring whaling boats home Japan has stopped its annual Antarctic whale hunt before the end of the season; harassment by US activists had made it impossible
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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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Antarctic copter crash kills four French
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| Sep.13 |
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New Zealand rescues American
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Massive icebergs heading to New Zealand
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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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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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Ill worker flown from South Pole
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Ailing doctor arrives in station
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Rescue plane lands in Antarctica
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