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FROM WHALING AND SEALINGTOSUSTAINABILITY
INCLUDES THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
Antarctica
 
Largest wildernessareaLast great wildernessarea in the worldGenuinelyPRISTINEColdestcontinentHighestcontinentWindiestcontinent4
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largest IceSheet14 million KM2(58 X UK)Surrounded byOceanHolds 70% ofearths freshwater90% of worldiceUnique inInternational law.It is not part ofany sovereign nationNo HumanPopulationPeter Scott “We should have the sense to leave justone place alone”Largest Depletion ofOzone in itsatmosphereAntarctic peninsula warmingfaster then almostanywhere on the planet.Temperatures have risenabout 2.5 C in 50 years.
Why is Antarctica Unique?
 
So?‘Should Antarctica be preserved orprotected?’
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