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New rifts form on ice shelf  Scientists have identified new rifts on an ice shelf that could lead to it breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula Massive ice shelf on verge of breakup  Some 220 square miles of ice has collapsed and an ice shelf about seven times the size of Manhattan is 'hanging by a thread' Whaling Japanese ship attacked with acid   Anti-whaling activists handed over  2 activists who were seized by a Japanese whaling vessel two days ago have been handed over to Australian officials on a ship in the Antarct... Whalers accused of kidnapping activists
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New limits to Antarctic tourism   Baltimore: Countries with ties to Antarctica have adopted US proposals to limit tourism, in a bid to protect the fragile ecosystem of the continent Large ice shelf expected to break  Satellite images released by the European Space Agency show new cracks in the Wilkins Ice Shelf where it connects to Charcot Island Study: Global warming hits Antarctica  U.S. research: Rather than being the last bastion to resist the warming, for the past 50 years much of the continent has been getting warmer   Stranded Antarctic cruise ship evacuated  All 122 people aboard Panamanian-flagged Ushuaia, stranded off Antarctica, have been evacuated by helicopters and 2 Chilean navy ships Cruise ship strikes ice, stranded on coast
Ice sheet melt threat reassessed


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  The collapse of a major polar ice sheet would result in a sea level rise of 3.3m, not as much as previous projections suggest


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  The Ushuaia, carrying 89 passengers and 33 crew members, was stranded on the coast of Antarctica after striking ice
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  An anti-whaling group is accusing the crew of a vessel of kidnapping 2 activists who climbed on board the ship to try to stop its whaling operations


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Dec.21   Humpback whale hunt halted
   Japan: Japan has 'temporarily halted' its much-criticized plan for a humpback whale hunt in the seas near Antarctica
Nov.24 Tourist airlift operation begins Nov.23   Sinking ship 'struck iceberg'
  More than 150 passengers and crew aboard Norwegian cruise ship MS Nord Norge have been rescued to safety
Nov.10 U.N. chief sees Antarctic meltdown May.17   Polar ocean 'soaking up less CO2'  One of most important absorbers of carbon dioxide is failing to soak up as much of the greenhouse gas as it was expected to

year 2006 Top ^

Sep.4   Carbon dioxide levels higher  The study of ice drilled out confirms that levels are substantially higher now than at anytime in the last 800,000 years

year 2005 Top ^

Sep.29 3 Chileans trapped in crevasse Aug.23   Group: Ozone hole growing  The winter hole appears to have grown from last year but is still smaller than in 2003 Apr.21   Glaciers show retreat  A study shows nearly 90% of the ice bodies streaming down from the mountains to the ocean are losing mass

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Sep.24   Glaciers are thinning  Some of glaciers are melting faster than snow can replace them, raised sea levels measurably Apr.9 US plane in rescue bid


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Sep.21   Ill worker flown from South Pole  After days of delay, rescuers evacuated employee of Raytheon Polar Services from the Amundsen-Scott Station Sep.20   Rescue plane lands at South Pole base  After days of delays, a rescue flight is to pick up an ailing worker at a research station Sep.13   Rescuers prepare for airlift  2 planes left for Antarctica to prepare for the possible evacuation of a seriously ill worker at the South Pole Jul.23 Seal kills scientist Jan.27 Helicopter pair rescued off

year 2002 Top ^

Nov.8 Fleet begins whaling hunt
. Japan Jul.10 Antarctic rescuers return as heroes. South Africa Jul.2 Rescue ship returns from Antarctica Jun.24 Icebreaker ship readies for rescue. Argentina Jun.14   More than 100 awaiting rescue  100 people, including 79 Russian scientists, are trapped on a ship stuck in ice for at least the next 11 days Mar.18   Antarctic ice shelf collapses  A vast ice shelf in Antarctica has collapsed and is now floating freely

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Sep.26 100-year-old chocolate bar sold
. England Apr.27 Ailing doctor flies to Chile Apr.25 Ailing doctor arrives in station Apr.24   2nd Antarctic rescue flight  A new flight left an Antarctic for the South Pole on to pick up an ailing American doctor Apr.23 Rescue plane lands in Antarctica

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