From polar camping to exploring in a luxury sub,there’s no time like the present to super-size your visit to the White Continent.
Countries,including Australia,are pushing for regulation and more marine parks. (Footage:Sea Shepherd)
“It’s like a dystopian,post-apocalyptic David Attenborough documentary where you have penguins swimming on one side and a massive trawler on the other.”
Global temperature records were shattered last month and parts of WA recorded the world’s hottest temperature before storms and heat buffeted the east coast.
Dr Richard Jones faced a dilemma:hunker down in the Antarctic wilderness or make a run for it?
Cabinet documents reveal the Howard government moved quickly to lock in a claim over huge areas of the seabed across the Pacific,Indian and Southern oceans,including key areas off Australia’s Antarctic territory.
As the world gathers for COP28 in Dubai,it is clear that climate change can no longer be viewed as just a “tragedy on the horizon”.
Scientists say record-breaking temperatures are making the world a dangerous place for life,with many planetary “vital signs” at extremes.
Scientists say about 70 of the 160 ice shelves that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume,releasing 7.5 trillion tonnes of freshwater into the ocean.
One leading researcher described the record heat as “gobsmackingly bananas. Unnerving. Bewildering. Flabbergasting. Disquieting. Shocking. Mind-boggling.”
Without its ice cooling the planet,Antarctica could transform from earth’s refrigerator to a radiator.