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Tourism in Antarctica threatening South Pole environment

Antarctic Tourism

Tourism in Antarctica threatening South Pole environment

By sciencedaily.com

Tourism in Antarctica has grown dramatically. In 1985, just a few thousand people visited the area but in the season 2007/2008 more than 40,000 did the same.

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Antarctica's March of the tourists

Antarctica Tourism: What's In It For The Penguins?

Antarctica's March of the tourists

When the American explorer Richard E. Byrd sat alone in his hut in Antarctica in 1934, half frozen and half poisoned with carbon monoxide, he had an epiphany. Byrd wrote that he and other men of action in the exploration of the poles were risking their lives for no good reason. Byrd survived the ordeal, but his near-death experience diminished ... read more

Australia-Antarctica air link opens, complete with ice runway

Antarctica

Australia-Antarctica air link opens, complete with ice runway

WILKINS RUNWAY, Antarctica (AFP) — A historic passenger jet flight from Australia to Antarctica touched down smoothly on a blue ice runway Friday, launching the only regular airlink between the continents.

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