Topic: Antarctica
Antarctica Explorers Airplane
AP News
In this 1912 image provided by the Mawson's Huts Foundation, an unidentified man stands next to a Vickers airplane used during an Australian Antarctic Expedition in Antarctica. Remains of the first airplane ever taken to Antarctica have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010 ...
Billion people's water at risk from melting ice: Gore
AFP Global Edition
<div><p> Climate guru Al Gore warned UN climate talks Monday that the record melting of glaciers worldwide could deprive more than a billion people of access to fresh water.</p><p>"There are more than a billion people on the planet ...
Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls
AP News
<div id="subtitle">Antarctic nations plan tough new controls on ships in bid to avert environmental disasters</div><div><p>Countries that manage Antarctica plan tough new controls on ships visiting the southern oceans and the fuels they use to reduce the ...
Australia shipping alert over massive iceberg
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Australian authorities Friday issued a shipping alert over a gigantic iceberg that is gradually approaching the country's southwest coast.</p><p>The Bureau of Meteorology said the once-in-a-century cliff of ice, which dislodged from Antarctica about a decade ago ...
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