The Loss of Ice

TROLL RESEARCH STATION, Antarctica - Glaciers in Antarctica are melting faster and across a much wider area than previously thought, a development that threatens to raise sea levels worldwide and force millions of people to flee low-lying areas, scientists said Wednesday.
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Ghosts of Antarctica

Does Antarctica have the most ghosts of any continent? On a per capita basis, the answer is yes.
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Ready for Research

Researchers in Antarctica received about 16,500 condoms...
The shipment constitutes a year's supply, ensuring the frisky can stay safe in the sack.
Intrepid souls braving the cold climes of Antarctica clearly find traditional ways of keeping warm.
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Wild Kingdom Rape

An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin.
The bizarre event took place on a beach on Marion Island, a sub-Antarctic island that is home to both fur seals and king penguins.
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South Pole or Bust...or Both

Scientists trekking across a little visited part of Antarctica have discovered a bizarre relic of the Soviet Union is dominating the South Pole of Inaccessibility.
In the middle of no-where – literally the point on Antarctica furthest from the sea – an imposing bust of revolutionary Bolshevik Vladimir Lenin peers out onto the polar emptiness.
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