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A false-color view of total ozone over the Antarctic pole. ©REUTERS Ozone hole over Antarctic second smallest in two decades The seasonal hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic this year was the second smallest in two decades, but still covered an area roughly the size of North America, US experts said Wednesday.
25 October 2012
Australia's Antarctic runway melting Australia said Wednesday it was searching for a new aircraft landing site for planes supplying its three bases in Antarctica because the current runway is melting.
24 October 2012
Leonardo DiCaprio. ©REUTERS Leonardo DiCaprio urges Antarctic ocean sanctuary Leonardo DiCaprio urged a high-level Antarctic conservation meeting in Australia Tuesday to approve a sweeping Southern Ocean marine sanctuary to protect thousands of polar species.
24 October 2012
Photo courtesy of blackfive.net Australian jet lands in Antarctica on rescue mission An Australian government jet carrying a medical team made a successful landing on an icy runway in Antarctica Thursday to rescue a sick scientist from the United States' McMurdo Station base.
10 August 2012

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