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HISTORICAL FACTS: 29 | History Defined

New Zealand leader Ardern makes rare trip to Antarctica

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this week is making a rare visit by a world leader to Antarctica

The Independent UK

New Zealand has duty to Antarctic: Ardern

On a mission to Scott Base, Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's multi-million dollar investment in Antarctic research facilities is vital.

AAP

I’m going to spend five months with penguins, and no wifi or running water – here’s why

Working in Antarctica is a wildlife enthusiast’s dream, but seeing the reality of climate disaster up close will be brutal, says Dr Mairi Hilton

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NZ's Ardern visits Antarctica to highlight climate change challenges

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited scientists at New Zealand's Scott Base in Antarctica on Thursday, as part of a trip aimed at highlighting climate change challenges, her country's commitment to the continent and the need for regional cooperation.

Reuters

Russia may again block Antarctic marine protections

Call it a cold war

The Independent UK

Emperor penguins will receive endangered species protections

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing the penguins native to Antarctica as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

WEKU

Kate becomes patron of Army officer’s Antarctica challenge

Captain Preet Chandi is aiming to become the first woman to cross Antarctica solo and unsupported.

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Emperor penguins now a threatened species due to climate change, U.S. says

Antarctica’s emperor penguin is at risk of extinction due to rising global temperatures and sea ice loss, the U.S. government said Tuesday as it finalized protections for the animal under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Reuters

Bad weather thwarts New Zealand PM Ardern's Antarctica trip

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's visit to her country's research station in Antarctica was upended by bad weather that forced the plane she was travelling in to turn back midflight on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russia and China must ‘get on side with conservation’, US tells Antarctic commission meeting in Hobart

US assistant secretary of state says two countries have stopped creation of new protected areas in Antarctica ‘for too long’

The Guardian - AU

Strong Antarctic polar vortex adds to south-east Australian rainfall and flood risk, BOM says

Winds high above Antarctica spinning at 200km/h are adding to south-east Australia's flood risk, according to the BOM. It's deepening the risk of rainfall that's already elevated by La Niña and the Indian Ocean Dipole.

ABC News

A flight unlike any other

Flying over Antarctica is an unforgettable experience. The bright blue of the ocean and stark white of the ice is a vision to savour for years.

The New Daily

Texas importer sues government in fish feud at end of world

A small Texas seafood importer has sued the federal government for blocking a shipment of fish from protected waters near Antarctica

The Independent UK

First Thing: Capitol attack panel votes to subpoena Trump

Committee says ex-president – ‘the central cause of January 6’ – led effort to overturn the election. Plus, $1bn Kushner deal investigated

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East Antarctic glacier melting at 70.8bn tonnes a year due to warm sea water

Denman glacier in remote part of the continent could become unstable, possibly contributing to more sea level rise than predicted

The Guardian - UK

Freeze frame: how the Antarctic’s hidden jewel box of creatures was captured

Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s portfolio award goes to Laurent Ballesta, who describes his long and deep dives under the ice

Daily Mirror

Sir Ernest Shackleton's lost ship Endurance could be raised from sea in Antarctica

Endurance became stuck in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915. The wreck now lies at a depth of 9,000 feet

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Raising of Shackleton’s lost ship from under sea downplayed by discoverers

Endurance became stuck in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915.

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The Independent UK

Shackleton’s lost ship ‘could be raised from under sea off Antarctica’

Endurance sank after becoming stuck in ice in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915.

The Conversation

Women in Antarctica face assault and harassment – and a legacy of exclusion and mistreatment

A federal report that, in the words of its key finding, “sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking are problems in the U.S. Antarctic Program community” – and that efforts “dedicated to prevention [are] nearly absent” – drew attention around the world. But as a historian of Antarctic science, I did…

Daily Record

Scots woman travels 9,000 miles to Antarctica to take job in world’s most remote post office

Mairi Hilton will live and work on Port Lockroy base on Goudier Island, taking up a role as a wildlife monitor, one of the most remote jobs in the world, spending five months without running water or a flushing toilet.

Evening Standard

Four British women to run post office and count penguins in Antarctica

They will spend 5 months in isolation without running water or flushing toilet

The National (Scotland)

Scottish woman heading to Antarctica to run post office and count penguins

A SCOTTISH woman will be amongst those heading to a distant part of Antarctica to run the world’s most remote post office and count the island’s…

The Independent UK

Four women head to Antarctica to run world’s most remote post office

Team including newlywed will abandon home comforts for no running water or flushing toilet

Wales Online

Four women selected to run world’s most remote post office in Antarctica

The historic site of Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island, will be their home for five months

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