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Pete Wilkinson obituary

The Guardian 27 Jan 2025
Environmental campaigner and first director of Greenpeace UK who was responsible for the 50-year moratorium on mining in Antarctica ... including Margaret Thatcher, to declare Antarctica a “world park”.
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Former child star Rory Sykes tragically passes away in California wildfires after mother’s heartbreaking confession: 'I couldn't move him'

The Times of India 12 Jan 2025
Despite the pain, he still enthused about traveling the world with me from Africa to Antarctica,” Shelley Sykes wrote on X. He was “a gift born on mine and his grandma’s birthday,” she wrote.On his ...
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Chile’s president makes historic voyage to South Pole amid Antarctica sovereignty claim

Press TV 04 Jan 2025
... Antarctica ... Antarctica is extremely rich in natural resources and Major US mining and oil companies have shown their willingness to take over the region for their own economic and financial purposes.
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Skiing, wool baubles, ice-cream: how Antarctic scientists celebrate Christmas

AOL 24 Dec 2024
Winter, who has spent Christmas in Antarctica before, has plans afoot ... “Antarctica is definitely more special than anywhere else you can be ... Whittle is part of a team of fossil hunters hoping to mine the distant past to glean insights into the future.
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How to avoid anarchy in Antarctica

Economist 31 Oct 2024
But much like its ice sheet, the system governing Antarctica is in trouble as ...
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Q&A: Mark Baugh-Sasaki brings art to habitat restoration

Stanford Daily 10 Oct 2024
In terms of how that affects my work, marine biology has always been an interest of mine, so I’m super excited ... That treaty defines the boundaries of what parts of Antarctica is “wilderness.” It defines what wilderness even is.
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Public officials urge halt to the spread of rampant disinformation around Hurricane Helene

Yahoo Daily News 07 Oct 2024
... false claims of FEMA stealing money from donations, the government controlling the weather from Antarctica or forcing people out of the region in order to mine its lithium, and a slew of other rumors.
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Review: This is the F#$%ing News by Patrick Gower

RNZ 02 Oct 2024
By David Hill, Kete Books ... Media memoirs ... So far, so boyish ... He holds up a motorcade in Agra; asks Donald Trump ''What sort of President would you be for the world?'' (excellent); flies to Antarctica; watches Bernie Monk cry inside the Pike River Mine.
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Outfitted: Hiking favorites

Aspen Times 21 Jul 2024
1. Amundsen Cityscape Shorts. Norwegian company Amundsen — named after the legendary, early 20th century Antarctica explorer Roald Amundsen — is a new favorite of mine for their blend of traditional design and innovative features ... 2 ... $169, Mammut.com. 3 ... .
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Are we heading for a new Cold War in Antarctica?

The Spectator 18 May 2024
Russia’s reported discovery of 510 billion barrels of oil in Antarctica has led to warnings of a new ‘Cold War’ of sorts ... on mining.  Most popular ... For now, Russia is not mining in Antarctica.
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UK’s Parliament Probes Russian Oil Exploration in Antarctica

The Maritime Executive 13 May 2024
Russia’s collection of seismic data in Antarctica construed as prospecting signals a potential threat to the permanent ban on mining, with knock-on implications for the integrity of the protocol in its entirety.
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Why experts are worried about Russia's oil and gas surveys in the Antarctic

AOL 13 May 2024
He said this would "signal a potential threat to the permanent ban on mining" and the integrity of agreed-upon environmental protections for Antarctica as a whole.
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The Asteroid-Mining Renaissance Has Arrived

The Atlantic 11 May 2024
People were much more supportive of mining asteroids than other forms of frontier mining like mining the ocean floor, mining Antarctica, and mining the Alaskan tundra,” Matthew Hornsey, the lead ...
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In the race for space metals, companies hope to cash in

Popular Science 10 May 2024
People were much more supportive of mining asteroids than other forms of frontier mining like mining the ocean floor, mining Antarctica, and mining the Alaskan tundra,” Matthew Hornsey, lead author ...

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