SDG 13: Climate Action

COP26: The Great Melt - tales from the front lines of climate change

Nov 2, 2021

COP26: The Great Melt - tales from the front lines of climate change: Adelie penguins are pictured at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, in East Antarctica, January 6, 2010.

On thin ice. Image: REUTERS/Pauline Askin

Robin Pomeroy

Podcast Editor, World Economic Forum

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The ice shelf Doyle landed on broke off shortly afterwards.

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To land on the ice, the pilot deliberately stalls the plane. Image: Alister Doyle

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