antarctica Archive

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    The last ocean - by frog



    The Ross Sea is described as the world’s last ocean. The Greens support making the Ross Sea a Protected Area, which would mean protecting the Ross Sea’s Antarctic toothfish from fishing. Do you agree? read more
    November 5, 2009 9:33 am - 8 Comments
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    Scenes from Antarctica - by frog



    There are some astonishing phtographs from Antarctica (such as this one below) at the Boston Globe After waiting for over two weeks for his mate to return from the sea and relieve him of nest duty, this Adelie penguin’s hunger helps him make the decision to abandon his egg in search of fish and krill [...] read more
    November 12, 2008 2:22 pm - 2 Comments
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    What other blogs are saying - by frog



    Not PC reckons all this peak oil stuff that us Greens keep going on about is a have: With about a half-a-century’s worth of proven oil reserves, the problem is not in bringing on new production. Resources are ample. Fifty years left you say, oh that’s ok then. And after that we can all just [...] read more
    July 18, 2008 9:15 pm - 13 Comments
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    The Wilkins Ice Shelf - by frog



    Pretty. Sad. Pretty sad. read more
    March 28, 2008 2:20 pm - 49 Comments
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    UN General Secretary watches grass grow - by frog



    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been in Antarctica today sharing with us news that cows, at least, may be pleased to hear. You can now grow grass on King George Island, where it rains rather than snows increasingly in the summer. For the non-bovine among us though things are not looking so good on [...] read more
    November 12, 2007 4:37 pm - 34 Comments