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Antarctica

Cold rush: Trump could withdraw from celebrated treaty in order to claim and mine Antarctica

World, Our Burning Planet

Cold rush: Trump could withdraw from celebrated treaty in order to claim and mine Antarctica

by: Tiara Walters

Marion Island ‘power crisis’ — single generator clings to life as relief ship dawdles

South Africa, World, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

Marion Island ‘power crisis’ — single generator clings to life as relief ship dawdles

by: Tiara Walters

Trump’s $60m Antarctic infrastructure cut is a blow to US influence at the South Pole

South Africa, World, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

Trump’s $60m Antarctic infrastructure cut is a blow to US influence at the South Pole

by: Tiara Walters

The Empire strikes ice: UK broadsheet calls for oil grab in ‘Antarctic wasteland’

South Africa, World, Our Burning Planet

The Empire strikes ice: UK broadsheet calls for oil grab in ‘Antarctic wasteland’

by: Tiara Walters

Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence and space stations could face the same challenges

Maverick Life

Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence and space stations could face the same challenges

by: Rebecca Kaiser and Hanne E F Nielsen

SA unveils biosecurity plan after avian flu ravages Marion Island

South Africa, Our Burning Planet

SA unveils biosecurity plan after avian flu ravages Marion Island

by: Tiara Walters

Marion Island’s seabirds at risk after avian flu confirmed on SA’s sub-Antarctic outpost

South Africa, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

Marion Island’s seabirds at risk after avian flu confirmed on SA’s sub-Antarctic outpost

by: Tiara Walters

Fact Check: No, SA’s Antarctic research station isn’t a ‘giant tree stump from before the Flood’

Africa, South Africa, World, Our Burning Planet

Fact Check: No, SA’s Antarctic research station isn’t a ‘giant tree stump from before the Flood’

by: Tiara Walters

Deeply distasteful — sex cruises to Antarctica set to hasten degradation of Earth’s last great wilderness

Our Burning Planet

Deeply distasteful — sex cruises to Antarctica set to hasten degradation of Earth’s last great wilderness

by: Don Pinnock

How Russia is cosying up to SA to create an Antarctic BRICS+ bloc — one tiny toy icebreaker at a time

South Africa, World, Our Burning Planet

How Russia is cosying up to SA to create an Antarctic BRICS+ bloc — one tiny toy icebreaker at a time

by: Tiara Walters

Dirtbag of the Year: Russia plunges ahead with war on environment

World, Our Burning Planet, DM168, People of the Year

Dirtbag of the Year: Russia plunges ahead with war on environment

by: Tiara Walters

How Cape Town played a vital link in Russian oligarch Leonid Mikhelson’s multimillion-dollar Antarctic outpost

World, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

How Cape Town played a vital link in Russian oligarch Leonid Mikhelson’s multimillion-dollar Antarctic outpost

by: Tiara Walters