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Progress made at conference on AntarcticaStockholm, Sweden - Delegates attending a conference in Sweden on protecting Antarctica have made substantial progress towards agreeing a deal on issues such as reaction to a major incident, the conference chairman said on Monday. |
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Expedition Reaches Antarctic Icecap PeakBeijing, China - A 12-man Chinese expedition surmounted the highest icecap peak in Antarctica at 3:16 a.m. Tuesday, according to the polar expedition office of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA). |
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Japan is shipping home a half-century’s worth of garbage from AntarcticaTokyo, Japan - Japanese researchers in Antarctica are getting serious about cleaning up the half-century's worth of garbage piled up at their base on the southernmost continent, an official said Thursday. |
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New Dinosaur Species Found in AntarcticaAntartica - Scientists have discovered two new dinosaur species in Antarctica's frozen reaches, one a primitive carnivore that survived long after its closest relatives had gone extinct, the other a large plant eater found on a mountainside 400 miles from the South Pole, they reported yesterday. |
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UN Wants Rules for Bioprospecting in AntarcticaJohannesburg, Angola - The United Nations said on Sunday rules were needed to prevent a free-for-all search for unique Antarctic organisms that can be used for pharmaceutical and other commercial purposes. |
