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Saving Antarctica

Conservation groups are calling for urgent action on a new marine protection area in east Antarctic to secure the survival of Antarctic species such as the Adelie penguin. This week two countries - Australia and France - are beginning a fresh push to create a vast marine sanctuary in the area. Andrea Kavanagh directs The Pew Charitable Trusts Antarctic and Southern Ocean work.

(Picture: sheets of ice lay on top of the sea, Antarctica. Credit: Frances M. Ginter/Getty Images)

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