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- Disaster at the Top of the World
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Disaster at the Top of the World
By THOMAS HOMER-DIXON aboard the Louis S. St-Laurent for NY Times STANDING on the deck of this floating laboratory for Arctic science, which is part of Canada’s Coast Guard fleet and one of the world’s most powerful icebreakers, I can … Continue reading
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China elaborating the “most complete” map of Antarctica
From MercoPress Chinese scientists are expected to conclude the most complete and precise map of Antarctica during their current expedition to the frozen continent. Although much of Antarctica has been chartered and collected in maps by different countries this latest … Continue reading
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