ANTARCTICA’S DEMISE

Antarctica is without question an extraordinary place. It is the highest, driest, windiest and coldest continent on Earth, a place of remarkable beauty and a frontier of ecological importance. Its fauna is unique and perfectly adapted to what, for most other life, are desperately inhospitable conditions. Lapping at its shores, the Southern Ocean brings ferocious winds, huge waves and a current that has a powerful influence on global climate. But concern has been prompted for this incredible natural wonder due to commercial fishing by distant nations and the escalating menace of climate change.

“Lapping at its shores, the Southern Ocean brings ferocious winds, huge waves and a current that has a powerful influence on global climate.”

According to Antarctic explorer and scientist Tim Jarvis AM, “The importance of the Antarctic in underpinning the ocean’s food chain is impossible to overstate and we should be doing all that we can to sustain it. If you don’t protect