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Scientists have uncovered what is now believed to be the largest volcanic region on the planet.
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The remarkably well-preserved fruitcake was left behind by Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition.
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One of the largest icebergs in recorded history has broken away from the world's southernmost continent.
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An impending water shortage in the United Arab Emirates has called for a rather extraordinary solution.
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Researchers have made a new discovery in relation to one of Antarctica's most unusual natural features.
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The humorously named research submarine is preparing to venture beneath the waters of the Antarctic.
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A worryingly large rift in one of the Antarctic's biggest ice shelves has been continuing to grow.
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A peculiar 151-mile-wide anomaly is believed to lie beneath a region of Antarctica known as Wilkes Land.
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A large hole in the King Baudoin ice shelf has challenged what we know of the East Antarctic ice sheet.
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The Apollo 11 astronaut fell ill just after becoming the oldest person ever to visit the South Pole.
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An eagle-eyed Internet user has spotted some peculiar pyramid-shaped structures on Google Earth.
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Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a gigantic Cretaceous-era ocean predator.
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A large hole in the Earth's protective ozone layer is finally starting to show signs of healing up.
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A sick worker has had to be rescued from a remote research station in Antarctica in the middle of winter.
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A new NASA study has called in to question what we know of global warming and rising sea levels.
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A UFO researcher in Russia has found what he believes to be a UFO in Antarctica using Google Earth.
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A snapshot of the past has been found in the form of a bubble frozen in the Antarctic ice.
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A unique ecosystem discovered 1,000ft underground may increase the odds of finding life on other worlds.
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German scientists have discovered what may be the impact site of a meteorite that struck 11 years ago.
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A remote-controlled submarine has discovered that the ice is a lot thicker in some places than expected.