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| Dispatches from the bottom of the Earth: Getting to Antarctica--or not (Scientific American)
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| Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:11:28 GMT
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| Editor's Note: Marine geophysicist Robin Bell is leading an expedition to Antarctica to explore a mysterious mountain range beneath the ice sheet. Following is the first of her updates on the effort as part of Scientific American.com's In-depth Report on "The Future of the Poles." CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (11/16/08)--Things have improved since the days of ship and dog sleds, but it still is ...
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| China's Antarctic expedition team enters Antarctica (People's Daily)
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| Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:29:15 GMT
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| China's 25th Antarctic expedition team has already entered Antarctica. On November 16, 4pm local time, the team held a rally aboard the Snow Dragon vessel that was navigating in the floating ice zone, pledging to complete construction of the Antarctic Kunlun Station. Mi Wenming, assistant to the expedition team's leader and chief commander of cargo discharge operations, announced the plans of ...
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| Oceans rise 1cm a decade (News 24 South Africa)
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| Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:14:08 GMT
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| Run-off from ice caps in Antarctica and Greenland along with melting mountain glaciers have replaced thermal expansion as the main driver of rising sea levels.
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| News Asia-Pacific (Aljazeera)
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| Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:38:25 GMT
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| Japan's whaling fleet has left port and set sail for Antarctica in preparation for its annual whale hunt, the environmental group Greenpeace has said.
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