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Saving Antarctica
The 1980s campaign to stop Antarctica being opened up to oil and gas companies and mining.
In October 1991, an international protocol to protect the world’s last wilderness, Antarctica, from commercial exploitation was agreed at a summit in Madrid. The agreement was the result of a long campaign by environmental organisations to stop oil and gas companies being allowed to explore the continent. Louise Hidalgo has been talking to Kelly Rigg from Greenpeace.
Picture: Blue icebergs in Antarctica (Credit: Getty Images)
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