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  • Fly in by private jet from Cape Town to White Desert Antarctica or by helicopter to Sheldon Chalet high on Denali, while to get to Greenland’s Ilimanaq Lodge you’ll need to take a boat
  • Six Senses Svart, a fiord hotel in Norway’s Arctic Circle, opens in 2024, while the mineral-rich geothermal waters of the Blue Lagoon near Grindavík in Iceland are already highly Instagrammable

The pencil-shaped Icefin explored cracks in the Thwaites ice shelf, which got its nickname because of how much its collapse may contribute to rising sea levels.

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The latest scientific assessment shows recovery in progress more than 35 years after every nation in the world agreed to stop producing ozone-eating chemicals.

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Launched to measure the height of water on more than 90 per cent of Earth’s surface, allowing scientists to track the flow and identify high-risk areas as climate change worsens droughts, flooding and coastal erosion.

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Fiann Paul is set to lead a team of six ocean rowers, and hopes to become a ‘badass’ by notching up some world firsts in journey honouring Harry ‘Chippy’ McNish.

A US think tank says relations with Russia will shape China’s activities and influence in the Arctic, but could also create uncertainties.

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Frozen Planet II, BBC’s new nature documentary voiced by David Attenborough, paints a beautiful portrait of the Earth’s polar regions as it addresses urgent climate change concerns.

Last month saw the lowest extent of Antarctic sea ice on record for July, following record low levels for June too, according to a satellite monitoring group.

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International team reconstructed over 60 million years of evolutionary history by analysing genomes of living and recently extinct species and fossil data.

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Australia’s China critics believe so, but analysts say Canberra is making a long overdue investment in scientific research and environmental protection.

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A team of researchers is sailing to Antarctica on a US$50 million mission, which will see the vessel Boaty McBoatface probing under the melting ice mass.

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White Desert Camp combines opulence with adventure with a private jet flight from Cape Town to the continent’s only luxury hotel, served by a private chef and offering a whole range of unclimbed peaks to explore

The wallet contained a Navy identity card, driving licence, reference card for what to do in case of a biological or chemical weapons attack – and a ration card for beer.