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Scientists set off to explore new Antarctic ecosystem

AteamofinternationalscientistsledbytheBritishAntarcticSurveysetoffonWednesdaytoexploreamysteriousmarineecosystemthathaslainhiddenunderaniceshelfforupto120,000ye

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Mt Hope installed as 'UK's highest peak'

Britainhasanewtallestmountain.MtHope,whichissitedinthepartoftheAntarcticclaimedbytheUK,wasrecentlyre-measuredandfoundtotowerabovetheprevioustitleholder,MtJackso

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Polar tourism, a new favorite in China

PolartourismisbecominganewfavoriteofChinesetourismindustry,andthenumberofChinesetouriststothepolarregionshasincreasedmanyfoldsinrecentyears,showsaChinaNationalR

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China to get a third telescope for Antarctic observations

ChinesescientistssaidonSundaythatChinawilladdathirdAntarcticSurveyTelescope(AST3)totheSouthPolearraytoobservegravitationalwaves,andintroducemoreequipmentforitso

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China to build 5th Antarctic research station

ChinawillbuilditsfifthresearchstationintheAntarctic,accordingtotheStateOceanicAdministration(SOA).Chineseresearchershaveselectedthesiteforthestation,whichwillbe

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Penguins die in 'catastrophic' Antarctic breeding season

AllbuttwoAdeliepenguinchickshavestarvedtodeathintheireastAntarcticcolony,inabreedingseasondescribedas"catastrophic"byexperts.Itwascausedbyunusuallyhighamountsof

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Chinese vice premier calls for better protection of Antarctica

BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli on Tuesday called on the international community to better protect Antarctica and strike a balance between protection and utilization.

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China releases report on Antarctic development

Scientific researchers pose for a group photo on research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon", at Victoria Land, Antarctica, on Feb. 14, 2017. China published on Monday the first full report on its development in Antarctica over the past three decades, titled "China's Antarctic Activities." According to the report, over the past 30 years, China has opened four research bases -- the Great Wall station, Zhongshan station, Kunlun station and Taishan station -- and established the Polar Research Institute of China in Shanghai in addition to sailing the icebreaker Xuelong. (Xinhua)

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Antarctica is greening due to global warming

PlantlifeisgrowingonAntarcticalikeneverbeforeinmoderntimes,fueledbyglobalwarmingwhichismeltingiceandtransformingthelandscapefromwhitetogreen,researcherssaidThur

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World leaders meet in Australia to discuss protection of Antarctic, Southern Oceans

​A summit attended by leaders from 25 countries and aimed at conserving the Antarctic and Southern Oceans has begun in Tasmania.

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Surge in Chinese tourists drives rise in Antarctica visitors

In January 1966, the first ship carrying “citizen explorers” arrived in Antarctica. At the time, only a handful of leisure travellers had ever considered visiting the world’s most remote land mass.

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China grows vegetables at Antarctic station

Growing vegetables in the South Pole may sound as crazy as attempting to grow potatoes on Mars, as recently seen in "The Martian."

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Australian scientists film rare eruption of remote Antarctic volcano

Australian scientists have witnessed the rare eruption of an Antarctic volcano off the coast of the frozen continent.

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Southern Ocean protection is No.1 priority for Antarctic conservationists' meeting in Australia

​The protection of the Southern Ocean was the No.1 agenda item when Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) opened its annual meeting in Hobart, Tasmaniaon on Monday.