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Massive sea lizards once hunted plesiosaurs in Antarctica

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Massive sea lizards once hunted plesiosaurs in Antarctica

The mosasaur, a huge marine lizard with fearsome jaws and paddle-like limbs, lived 66 million years ago when Antarctica was much warmer than it is today

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World’s largest marine reserve agreed for Antarctica’s Ross Sea

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World’s largest marine reserve agreed for Antarctica’s Ross Sea

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Gordon Hamilton against icy landscape

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Snowmobile plunge claims life of Antarctica researcher

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A lenticular cloud formation over the Lemaire Channel on the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.

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One part of Antarctica has been cooling since 1998 – here’s why

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A core being inspected

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Seabed core reveals how lush Antarctica changed to icy desert

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A plane flies over the icey Antarctic landscape

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Huge never-before-seen lake spotted hiding under Antarctic ice

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Ice breaking off floating shelves and drifting at sea

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Unexpected Antarctic melt could trigger 2-metre sea level rise

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Big foamy waves rolling in, with Miami skyscrapers in the background

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Bail out the oceans to stop sea level rise? Let's talk about it

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Polar wildlife under threat as ice melts and makes seas brighter

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Polar wildlife under threat as ice melts and makes seas brighter

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Frozen kingdom: The lost world under Antarctica's ice

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Frozen kingdom: The lost world under Antarctica's ice

For decades, explorers have shuffled across Antarctica's monotonous surface in pursuit of world records. But beneath its ice, it is full of pulsating surprises

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Massive crevasse in the ice forces early move for Antarctic base

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Polar trader

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Glaciers seed ocean with silicon – and fuel plankton growth

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Zoologger: The giant sea spider that sucks life out of its prey

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