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Jun 22, 2017

Melting ice shows through at a cliff face at Landsend, on the coast of Cape Denison in Antarctica December 12, 2009. Russia and the Ukraine on November 1, 2013 again scuttled plans to create the world's largest ocean sanctuary in Antarctica, pristine waters rich in energy and species such as whales, penguins and vast stocks of fish, an environmentalist group said. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources wound up a week-long meeting in Hobart, Australia, considering proposals for two "marine protected areas" aimed at conserving the ocean wilderness from fishing, drilling for oil and other industrial interests. Picture taken December 12, 2009. To match story ANTARCTIC-ENVIRONMENT/ REUTERS/Pauline Askin (ANTARCTICA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - RTX14WB4

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NHMRC Doherty Biomedical Fellow and Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney

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